Blanchard Hill
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Blanchard Hill is a hill between Mount Kelsey and Whymper Spur
in the Pioneers Escarpment
, eastern Shackleton Range
. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, it was surveyed by the British Antarctic Survey
, 1968-71. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
after Robert Blanchard, American inventor of a light-weight tent using a rigidly tensioned frame erected outside the tent.
Whymper Spur
Whymper Spur is a rock spur rising to about 1,250 m eastward of Blanchard Hill in Pioneers Escarpment, Shackleton Range. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971 after English mountaineer and artist Edward Whymper , who made the first ascent of the Matterhorn,...
in the Pioneers Escarpment
Pioneers Escarpment
Pioneers Escarpment is a mostly snow-covered north-facing escarpment, interrupted by occasional bluffs and spurs, between Slessor Glacier on the north and Shotton Snowfield on the south, in the Shackleton Range. The escarpment was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and was surveyed...
, eastern Shackleton Range
Shackleton Range
The Shackleton Range is a mountain range in Antarctica. Rising to , it extends in an east-west direction for about between the Slessor and Recovery glaciers....
. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, it was surveyed by the British Antarctic Survey
British Antarctic Survey
The British Antarctic Survey is the United Kingdom's national Antarctic operation and has an active role in Antarctic affairs. BAS is part of the Natural Environment Research Council and has over 400 staff. It operates five research stations, two ships and five aircraft in and around Antarctica....
, 1968-71. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...
after Robert Blanchard, American inventor of a light-weight tent using a rigidly tensioned frame erected outside the tent.