- Mantell Screes
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Mantell Screes (80°38′S 24°26′W / 80.633°S 24.433°W) is a rock spur rising to about 1,500 m and bounded by screes (taluses), located northwest of Arkell Cirque on the north side of the Read Mountains, Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. In association with the names of geologists grouped in this area, named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 after Gideon A. Mantell (1790–1852), English surgeon and geologist, known for his discovery of the iguanodon and three other fossil reptiles.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mantell Screes" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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