Gale Escarpment () is a northwest-facing escarpment of rock and ice, standing eastward of

Mount Harding Mount Harding is the largest mountain in the Grove Mountains of Antarctica, in the south-central part of the range and about west of Gale Escarpment. It was mapped by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (1956–60) from aerial ...

and Wilson Ridge in the

Grove Mountains The Grove Mountains are a large, scattered group of mountains and nunataks extending over an area of approximately , located east of the Mawson Escarpment in American Highland, Antarctica. They were first photographed from the air by aircraft ...

of Antarctica. It was mapped from air photos, 1956–60, by ANAPL, and was named by the

Antarctic Names Committee of Australia The Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC) was established to advise the Government on names for features in the Australian Antarctic Territory and the subantarctic territory of Heard Island and the McDonald Islands. The committe ...

for d'A.T. Gale, officer in charge of the Antarctic Mapping Branch, Australian Division of National Mapping, who has contributed substantially to Antarctic mapping.

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