Hodge Escarpment

Hodge Escarpment
Location of Hodge Escarpment, Queen Elizabeth Land, Antarctica

Hodge Escarpment (83°3′S 50°11′W / 83.050°S 50.183°W / -83.050; -50.183Coordinates: 83°3′S 50°11′W / 83.050°S 50.183°W / -83.050; -50.183) is an escarpment to the northeast of Henderson Bluff on the northwest side of Lexington Table, in the Forrestal Range of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Steven M. Hodge, a United States Geological Survey geophysicist, who worked in the Dufek Massif and the Forrestal Range, 1978–79.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Hodge Escarpment". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-06-20.

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