Mantell Screes

The Mantell Screes (80°38′S 24°26′W / 80.633°S 24.433°W / -80.633; -24.433Coordinates: 80°38′S 24°26′W / 80.633°S 24.433°W / -80.633; -24.433) are a rock spur rising to about 1,500 metres (5,000 ft) and bounded by screes (taluses), located northwest of Arkell Cirque on the north side of the Read Mountains, Shackleton Range, Antarctica. The feature was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by the British Antarctic Survey, 1968–71. In association with the names of geologists grouped in this area, it was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971 after English surgeon and geologist Gideon A. Mantell, known for his discovery of the iguanodon and three other fossil reptiles.^[1]

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