Feature Name (see definition): Pioneers Escarpment

Feature Class (see definition): Cliff

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 11820

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 80° 28' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 021° 07' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -80.4666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -21.1166667

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Description (see definition): A mostly snow-covered north-facing escarpment, interrupted by occasional bluffs and spurs, between Slessor Glacier on the N and Shotton Snowfield on the S, in the Shackleton Range. The escarpment was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and was surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. So named by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) because features on the escarpment are named after the pioneers whose inventions have assisted living and traveling conditions in the polar regions.

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