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Boyd Escarpment

Escarpment in the Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica

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map	Antarctica
location	Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica
range	Dufek Massif
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The Boyd Escarpment () is a rock and snow escarpment which extends northeast for 10 nmi from Wujek Ridge, in the Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. It includes Bennett Spur, Cox Nunatak and Rankine Rock.

Name

The Boyd Escarpment was named in 1979 by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Walter W. Boyd, Jr., a U.S. International Geophysical Year glaciologist who wintered at Little America, 1957; geologist, United States Geological Survey (USGS), for three summers in the Pensacola Mountains, 1962–66.

Location

The Boyd Escarpment is the northern part of the Dufek Massif, facing the Ford Ice Piedmont to the north, with the Sallee Snowfield to its south. It is east of Davis Valley. Features include, from west to east, Bennett Spur, Cox Nunatak and Rankine Rock.

Features

Bennett Spur

Cox Nunatak

Rankine Rock

References

Sources

{{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2023-12-03 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G.
{{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C82045s1_Ant.Map_Davis_Valley.jpg |accessdate=2024-03-20

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