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Washington Escarpment
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Washington Escarpment
Washington Escarpment
is the major west-facing escarpment of the
Neptune Range
,
Pensacola Mountains
in Antarctica, extending some 50 miles (80 km) and being the point of origin of a number of west-trending rock ridges. Mapped by
United States Geological Survey
(USGS) from surveys and
U.S. Navy
air photos, 1956-66. Named by
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for the
University of Washington
at Seattle. Several members of the Neptune Range field party of 1963-64 attended this university.
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