Moulton Escarpment

Moulton Escarpment (85°10′S 94°45′W / 85.167°S 94.75°W / -85.167; -94.75) is a rock and ice escarpment, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, in a semi-isolated position about 10 nautical miles (18 km) west of Ford Massif where it forms the western shoulder of the Thiel Mountains. Surveyed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Thiel Mountains party, 1960-61. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Kendall N. Moulton of the Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation. As program manager of the Foundation's Field Operation Program, Moulton made more than a dozen deployments to Antarctica in the years 1958-77.

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