Springtail track
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| location | Signy Island , South Orkney Islands , Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 60 ° 41 ′ S , 45 ° 38 ′ W | |
The Springtail track (English for Springtail spur is) a 170 m high ridge with an east-west orientation on Signy Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It rises at the southwestern end of the Andreaea plateau .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1991 after the arthropods from the springtail class ( Latin Collembola ) found here under stones and in the sparse vegetation by the British Antarctic Survey .
Web links
- Springtail trace in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Springtail Spur on geographic.org (English)