Faulkner Escarpment () is an ice-covered escarpment, long that forms the eastern edge of Nilsen Plateau and Fram Mesa in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. It is over high and trends in a north–south direction. It was discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named by Richard E. Byrd for Charles J. Faulkner, Jr., chief counsel of Armour and Company of Chicago, contributors to the expedition. References Escarpments of Antarctica Landforms of the Ross Dependency Amundsen Coast