Walton Terraces
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| location | Léonie Island ( Léonie Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 36 ′ S , 68 ° 21 ′ W | |
The Walton Terraces are a series of rocky terraces on the west side of Léonie Island in the Léonie Islands group west of the Antarctic Peninsula . They are densely overgrown by communities of higher plants such as the Antarctic Schmiele and the Antarctic Perlwurz as well as mosses and various lichens . They are also frequented by numerous Antarctic bird species.
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2019. It is named after the biologist David Walton (1945–2019), who from 1967 worked in various capacities for the British Antarctic Survey in Antarctica .
Web links
- Walton Terraces in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)