MacQuarrie Edge

MacQuarrie Edge (

80°32′S 30°3′W / 80.533°S 30.050°W / -80.533; -30.050Coordinates: 80°32′S 30°3′W / 80.533°S 30.050°W / -80.533; -30.050) is a rock scarp rising to about 760 metres (2,500 ft) in the northern part of the Otter Highlands, in the western Shackleton Range, Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after (1935–1970), a British Antarctic Survey tractor mechanic at Halley Station, 1968–69, who worked in the Shackleton Range.^[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "MacQuarrie Edge". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)