Andersen Escarpment

-85.1333333-91.6166667Koordinaten: 85° 8′ 0″ S, 91° 37′ 0″ W

The Andersen Escarpment is a steep and rocky terrain in the West Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land. It is located south of the Reed Ridge mountain range on the west side of the Ford massif in the Thiel Mountains.

The designation was made on the suggestion of the cartographer Peter Frank Bermel (* 1927) and the geologist Arthur B. Ford, both active at the United States Geological Survey. The name is the Norwegian geologist and glacialist Bjørn G. Andersen (1924-2012) from the University of Oslo, who had undertaken field research in the Thiel Mountains between 1961 and 1962 together with Bermel and Ford Weblinks Edit sourcetext

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