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Founders Escarpment is a prominent escarpment located west of the Founders Peaks in the Heritage Range of Antarctica, extending from Minnesota Glacier to Splettstoesser Glacier. It was named after the nearby Founders Peaks by the University of Minnesota Geological Party, 1963–64.[1]

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Founders Escarpment

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Founders Escarpment is a prominent escarpment located west of the Founders Peaks in the Heritage Range of Antarctica, extending from Minnesota Glacier...

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Founders Peaks

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The Founders Peaks are a cluster of sharp peaks and ridges located just east of Founders Escarpment and between Minnesota Glacier and Gowan Glacier, in...

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Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy

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The Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy (EBC) is an environmental NGO, a registered environmental charity, and a qualified recipient to receive ecological...

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Zavis Peak

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standing 4 miles (6 km) west of Navigator Peak at the south end of Founders Escarpment in the Heritage Range. It was named by the University of Minnesota...

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Frazier Ridge

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ridge on the west side of Webster Glacier, extending north from Founders Escarpment to Minnesota Glacier, in the Heritage Range of Antarctica. It was...

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Dybvadskog Peak

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rising above the ice surface just west of the southern part of the Founders Escarpment, in the Heritage Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It...

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Cunningham Peak

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170 metres (7,120 ft) high, at the head of Gowan Glacier along the Founders Escarpment, in the Heritage Range. It was mapped by the United States Geological...

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Hutto Peak

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sharp peak, 1,620 metres (5,300 ft) high, standing just below the Founders Escarpment on the ridge separating the upper portions of Gowan Glacier and Splettstoesser...

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Unger Peak

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ice-covered peak which rises above the plateau at the south end of Founders Escarpment. It stands 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north-northwest of Zavis Peak...

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Splettstoesser Glacier

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the plateau just south of Founders Escarpment and flowing east-northeast through the Heritage Range to the south of Founders Peaks and Anderson Massif...

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Heritage Range

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Peak Cunningham Peak Dott Ice Rise Driscoll Glacier Dybvadskog Peak Founders Escarpment Fusco Nunatak Gould Spur Gowan Glacier Hall Peak Hercules Inlet Herrin...

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Pioneers Escarpment

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Pioneers Escarpment Pioneers Escarpment (80°28′S 21°7′W / 80.467°S 21.117°W / -80.467; -21.117) is a mostly snow-covered north-facing escarpment in Antarctica...

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Gowan Glacier

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Antarctica, flowing north from the vicinity of Cunningham Peak in the Founders Escarpment to enter Minnesota Glacier just east of Welcome Nunatak. It was mapped...

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Rheasilvia

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Veneneia, that at 395 km (245 mi) is almost as large. Rheasilvia has an escarpment along part of its perimeter which rises 4–12 km (2.5–7.5 mi) above the...

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San Jacinto Peak

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miss climbing 'San Jack' at least once." Known for its spectacular north escarpment, the peak rises over 8,000 feet (2,400 m) above San Gorgonio Pass. It...

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Erie Canal

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land speculator. Yet these men "carried the Erie Canal up the Niagara escarpment at Lockport, maneuvered it onto a towering embankment to cross over Irondequoit...

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Icknield Way

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eastern England that runs from Norfolk to Wiltshire. It follows the chalk escarpment that includes the Berkshire Downs and Chiltern Hills. It is generally...

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Texas Hill Country

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are Ashe juniper and Texas live oak. Bound on the east by the Balcones Escarpment, the Hill Country reaches into the far northern portions of San Antonio...

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Kelso Conservation Area

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Kelso Conservation Area is located near Milton, Ontario on the Niagara Escarpment and is owned and operated by Conservation Halton. This park has an area...

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Creemore

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Collingwood and Georgian Bay. It sits on the eastern boundary of the Niagara Escarpment. Creemore purportedly has North America's smallest jail. Coboconk and...

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Barcelona

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876 ft), Putget (es) (181 m or 594 ft) and Rovira (261 m or 856 ft). The escarpment of Montjuïc (173 m or 568 ft), situated to the southeast, overlooks the...

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edge of the Austin Chalk Formation, a limestone escarpment (also known as the "White Rock Escarpment"), rises 230 feet (70 m) and runs roughly north–south...

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an average altitude of 1,200 metres (3,900 ft), lies on the edge of an escarpment. Eswatini is separated into four geographical regions. These run from...

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