Feature Name (see definition): Norwood Scarp

Feature Class (see definition): Cliff

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 10888

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 68° 50' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 065° 23' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.8333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.3833333

Elevation (see definition): 1525

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1962

Description (see definition): A well-defined escarpment, 11 mi long and rising to 1,525 m, forming part of the E flank of Weyerhaeuser Glacier in eastern Antarctic Peninsula. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS) on Sept. 28, 1940 and by Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), Aug. 14, 1947. Roughly surveyed by Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in Dec. 1958 and Nov. 1960. Named by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) after Richard Norwood (1590-1675), English mathematician who expounded the advantages of great-circle sailing and who, in 1635, measured an arc of meridian in order to improve the practice of navigation.

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