Torbert Escarpment

A line of low nunataks standing 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) east of Rivas Peaks.

A line of rock peaks that jut westward for 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) from the south part of Torbert Escarpment.

A prominent, pyramidal rock peak, 1,675 metres (5,495 ft) high, midway along Torbert Escarpment.

Discovered and photographed on January 13, 1956 on the transcontinental nonstop plane flight by personnel of United States Navy Operation Deep Freeze I from McMurdo Sound to Weddell Sea and return.

Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant Commander John H. Torbert, United States Navy, pilot of the P2V-2N Neptune aircraft making this flight.

Torbert Escarpment in the northeast