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Dwyer Escarpment
The
Dwyer
Escarpment
is an ice-covered
escarpment
that overlooks
the north
coast
of
Victoria Land
between
Cooper Spur
and
Cape North
,
Antarctica
. The escarpment lies
situated
on the
Pennell Coast
, a
portion
of Antarctica
lying
between
Cape Williams
and
Cape Adare
.
This
feature
was first mapped by
Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
in
1962
, which gave the name after L.J. Dwyer, a former Director of the
Australian
Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology
, and a member of the
ANARE
Executive
Planning Committee
.