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Housing Units (2000): 404
Land area (2000): 2.940806 sq. miles (7.616653 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000290 sq. miles (0.000750 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.941096 sq. miles (7.617403 sq. km)
FIPS code: 23750
Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49
Location: 37.769482 N, 111.601382 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 84726
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Headwords:
Escalante
Wikipedia
Escalante is a Spanish last name with meaning climber, or one who climbs. The Dictionary of American Family Names traces its origin to the Latin word scala referring to a terraced slope. Its origin is Sephardic (Jewish) from Cantabria, Spain.
Escalante Crater is an impact crater in the Amenthes quadrangle of Mars. It is located at 0.2° N and 244.7° W. It is in diameter, and was named after Mexican astronomer (c. 1930) F. Escalante.
Wikiescalante.jpg|CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter) image of Escalante Crater. Dunes are visible near the bottom of the image. Wikiescalantedunes.jpg|Enlargement of dunes in Escalante Crater from previous photo. Image taken with CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter).
Impact craters generally have a rim with ejecta around them, in contrast volcanic craters usually do not have a rim or ejecta deposits. As craters get larger (greater than 10 km in diameter) they usually have a central peak. The peak is caused by a rebound of the crater floor following the impact. If one measures the diameter of a crater, the original depth can be estimated with various ratios. Because of this relationship, researchers have found that many Martian craters contain a great deal of material; much of it is believed to be ice deposited when the climate was different. Sometimes craters expose layers that were buried. Rocks from deep underground are tossed onto the surface. Hence, craters can show us what lies deep under the surface. A pedestal crater is a crater with its ejecta sitting above the surrounding terrain and thereby forming a raised platform. This type of crater forms when an impact crater ejects material which forms an erosion resistant layer, thus protecting the immediate area from erosion. As a result of this hard covering, the crater and its ejecta become elevated when erosion removes the softer material that lies beyond the ejecta. Some pedestals have been accurately measured to be hundreds of meters above the surrounding area. This means that hundreds of meters of material were eroded away. Pedestal craters were first observed during the Mariner missions.
Volcán Escalante also known as "El Apagado" is a stratovolcano on the Chilean side of the border between Bolivia and Chile. It lies immediately SE of Cerro Colorado and SW to volcán Curiquinca, all of which are considered to be part of the Sairecabur volcanic group.
Usage examples of "escalante".
Again, she glanced at the strangest things of all: the fresh postmark and POSTAGE DUE stamp, showing the letter had been mailed from Escalante, Utah, only five weeks before.
They must know the laijout of our ships from the ones theyve captured, Escalante had time to reflect before the first Thebans appeared in the passageway intersection behind his position, armed with the shoulder-fired rocket launchers theyd learned to use against zooted Marines.
They must know the laijout of our ships from the one's they've captured, Escalante had time to reflect before the first Thebans appeared in the passageway intersection behind his position, armed with the shoulder-fired rocket launchers they'd learned to use against zooted Marines.