The Pecora Escarpment () is an irregular escarpment, long, standing southwest of

Patuxent Range The Patuxent Range () is a major range of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. It comprises the Thomas Hills, Anderson Hills, Mackin Table and various nunataks and ridges bounded by the Foundation Ice Stream, Academy Glacier and the Patuxent I ...

and marking the southernmost exposed rocks of the

Pensacola Mountains The Pensacola Mountains () are a large group of mountain ranges and peaks that extend in a northeast–southwest direction in the Transantarctic Mountains System, Queen Elizabeth Land region of Antarctica. They comprise the Argentina Range, Forre ...

Exploration and name

The Pecora Escarpment was mapped by

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(USGS) from surveys and

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air photos in 1956–66. It was named by Dwight Schmidt, geologist to the Pensacola Mountains, 1962–66, for

William Thomas Pecora William Thomas Pecora II (February 1, 1913 – July 19, 1972) was an American geologist who served as 8th Director of the U.S. Geological Survey and later as Under Secretary of the Interior. Pecora had a successful career in both scientific an ...

, eighth director of the United States Geological Survey, 1965–71.

Location

The Pecora Escarpment is an isolated at the southwest end of the Pensacola Mountains. It is south of the

Patuxent Ice Stream Foundation Ice Stream () is a major ice stream in the Pensacola Mountains of Antarctica. The ice stream drains northward for along the west side of the Patuxent Range and the Neptune Range to enter the Ronne Ice Shelf westward of Dufek Massi ...

. The

is to the north of the ice stream. Features, from southwest to northeast, are Horton Ledge, Damschroder Rock and Lulow Rock.

Features

Horton Ledge

. A flat rock ledge that caps the southwest extremity of Pecora Escarpment. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by the United States

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(US-ACAN) for Edward C. Horton, Jr., electronics technician at Plateau Station, winter 1966.

Damschroder Rock

. A conspicuous rock outlier, high, at the end of a snow-covered spur extending westward for from central Pecora Escarpment. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Gerald H. Damschroder, construction mechanic at Plateau Station, winter 1966.

Lulow Rock

. A prominent rock, high, which is the northernmost exposed rock along the face of the Pecora Escarpment. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for William F. Lulow, cook at Plateau Station, winter 1966.

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