Kuiper Scarp

Coordinates: 71°26′S 68°27′W / 71.433°S 68.450°W / -71.433; -68.450
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Kuiper Scarp is located in Antarctica
Kuiper Scarp
Kuiper Scarp

Kuiper Scarp (71°26′S 68°27′W / 71.433°S 68.450°W / -71.433; -68.450) is an east–west escarpment running along the south face of

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It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee from association with Uranus Glacier after Gerard Kuiper, the Dutch-American astronomer who in 1948 discovered Miranda, one of the satellites of the planet Uranus.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Kuiper Scarp". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 20 May 2013.

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