Pettigrew Scarp

Pettigrew Scarp is an escarpment nearly 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) long in the south part of Annenkov Island, South Georgia. It is terminated to the southwest by a ridge, and to the northeast by three rock pinnacles. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Timothy H. Pettigrew, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geologist who worked on the island, 1972–73.

Pettigrew Scarp
Location of Pettigrew Scarp, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Antarctica

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


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.