Franko Escarpment

Franko Escarpment

Location of Franko Escarpment, Queen Elizabeth Land, Antarctica

The Franko Escarpment (83°3′S 49°5′W / 83.050°S 49.083°W / -83.050; -49.083Coordinates: 83°3′S 49°5′W / 83.050°S 49.083°W / -83.050; -49.083) is a mostly snow-covered escarpment that runs north–south for 4 nautical miles (7 km) and forms the northeast edge of Lexington Table in the Forrestal Range of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1979 for Stephen J. Franko, a Grants and Contracts Officer with the National Science Foundation from 1967, with responsibility for all contracts in support of the United States Antarctic Research Program.^[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Franko Escarpment" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).