Franko Escarpment

The Franko Escarpment (83°3′S 49°5′W) is a mostly snow-covered escarpment that runs north–south for 4 nautical miles (7 km) and forms the northeast edge of Lexington Table in the Forrestal Range of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1979 for Stephen J. Franko, a Grants and Contracts Officer with the National Science Foundation from 1967, with responsibility for all contracts in support of the United States Antarctic Research Program.[1]

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

References
  1. "Franko Escarpment". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-06.

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