Tillite track
| Tillite track | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Horlick Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 85 ° 59 ′ S , 126 ° 36 ′ W | |
The Tillite Spur is a 5 km long, narrow mountain ridge with steep cliffs in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . In the Horlick Mountains , it extends from the southern Wisconsin Plateau between the Red Spur and the Polygon Spur to the eastern flank of the Olentangy Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The naming was made at the suggestion of the US geologist and glaciologist John H. Mercer (1922-1987), who between 1964 and Worked in this area in 1965 as part of the United States Antarctic Research Program . It is named after the Tillit rock along the granite cliffs of the mountain ridge.
Web links
- Tillites track in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tillite Spur on geographic.org (English)