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Pecora Escarpment

Formation in Antarctica

Field	Value
country_type	Continent
country	Antarctica
parent	Pensacola Mountains
range_coordinates
map	Antarctica

The Pecora Escarpment () is an irregular escarpment, 7 nmi long, standing 35 nmi southwest of Patuxent Range and marking the southernmost exposed rocks of the Pensacola Mountains.

Exploration and name

The Pecora Escarpment was mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos in 1956–66. It was named by Dwight Schmidt, geologist to the Pensacola Mountains, 1962–66, for William Thomas Pecora, eighth director of the United States Geological Survey, 1965–71.

Location

Pecora Escarpment towards southwest of map

The Pecora Escarpment is an isolated at the southwest end of the Pensacola Mountains. It is south of the Patuxent Ice Stream. The Patuxent Range is to the north of the ice stream. Features, from southwest to northeast, are Horton Ledge, Damschroder Rock and Lulow Rock.

Features

Horton Ledge

Damschroder Rock

Lulow 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:Pecora_Escarpment_USGS.jpg |accessdate=2024-03-18

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