Faulkner Escarpment is an ice-covered escarpment, 30 nautical miles (60 km) long and over 3,000 m high, trending in a north-south direction and forming the east edge of Nilsen Plateau

Nilsen Plateau

Nilsen Plateau is a rugged, ice-covered plateau which, including Fram Mesa, is about 30 nautical miles long and 1 to 12 nautical miles wide, rising to 3,940 m between the upper reaches of the Amundsen and Scott Glaciers, in the Queen Maud Mountains...

 and Fram Mesa

Fram Mesa

Fram Mesa is a high, ice-capped mesa, 10 nautical miles long and 1 to 3 nautical miles wide, that forms the northeast portion of Nilsen Plateau in the Queen Maud Mountains. The feature may have been seen by Amundsen in 1911, and it was observed and partially mapped by the Byrd Antarctic...

 in the Queen Maud Mountains

Queen Maud Mountains

The Queen Maud Mountains are a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the Transantarctic Mountains, lying between the Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers and including the area from the head of the Ross Ice Shelf to the polar plateau in Antarctica...

. Discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named by Byrd for Charles J. Faulkner

Charles J. Faulkner

Charles James Faulkner was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia and West Virginia. He was the father of Charles James Faulkner....

, Jr., chief counsel of Armour and Co. of Chicago, contributors to the expedition.