Trueman Terraces
| Trueman Terraces | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Shackleton Range | |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 43 ′ S , 22 ° 41 ′ W | |
The Trueman Terraces are up to 1520 m high terraces in the East Antarctic Coatsland . In the Shackleton Range they are on the east side of Goldschmidt Cirque near the eastern end of the Read Mountains .
Aerial photographs were taken in 1967 by the United States Navy . The British Antarctic Survey conducted surveys between 1968 and 1971. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1972 after the British geologist Arthur Elijah Trueman (1895-1956).
Web links
- Trueman Terraces in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Trueman Terraces on geographic.org (English)