Kirwan Escarpment
The Kirwan Escarpment is a prominent northwest-facing escarpment which lies south of the Penck Trough in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. The escarpment is featured by moderate-height cliffs and prominent rock spurs interspersed with glaciers and steep ice slopes and trends northeast–southwest for about 90 nautical miles.Kirwan Escarpment
- Slope
- …lies at an elevation of 2,298 metres (7,539 feet)
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-73.5° or 73° 30′ south
Longitude
-3.5° or 3° 30′ west
Open location code
2CRRGG22+22
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Kirwan Escarpment” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “基爾萬海崖”
- German: “Kirwanveggen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kirwanveggen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kirwanveggen”
- Norwegian: “Kirwanveggen”
- Portuguese: “Escarpa Kirwan”
- Turkish: “Kirwan Yamaçları”
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Highlights include Tverregg Glacier and Mjøllføykje Bluff.
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