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Goettel Escarpment

Coordinates: 70°14′S 66°55′W / 70.233°S 66.917°W / -70.233; -66.917
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Goettel Escarpment
Goettel Escarpment is located in Antarctica
Goettel Escarpment
Goettel Escarpment
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Location of Goettel Escarpment Palmer Land, Antarctica

Goettel Escarpment (70°14′S 66°55′W / 70.233°S 66.917°W / -70.233; -66.917) is a prominent escarpment buttressing the Dyer Plateau located 5 nautical miles (9 km) north of Orion Massif and near the head of Chapman Glacier in Palmer Land.

It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Captain Frederick A. Goettel, U.S. Coast Guard, Commanding Officer of USCGC Westwind (WAGB-281), in support of construction of the new Palmer Station, during Operation Deep Freeze, 1967.[1]

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  1. ^ "Goettel Escarpment". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-04-27.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Goettel Escarpment". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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