Fission Wall

Fission Wall (85°52′S 155°12′W / 85.867°S 155.200°W / -85.867; -155.200Coordinates: 85°52′S 155°12′W / 85.867°S 155.200°W / -85.867; -155.200) is a granite cliff, 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) high, on the north face of Mount Griffith, Hays Mountains, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. The feature was climbed on November 16, 1987, by a United States Antarctic Research Program – Arizona State University geological party led by Edmund Stump. The name derives from granite samples collected on the wall at 100 metres (330 ft) spacing for dating by the fission-track method.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Fission Wall". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-03-24.

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