Linnaeus Terrace
Linnaeus Terrace is a rock terrace on the north side of Oliver Peak in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is protected under the Antarctic Treaty System as Antarctic Specially Protected Area No.138 because it is one of the richest known sites for the cryptoendolithic communities that colonise the Beacon Sandstone.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Oliver Peak and Utgard Peak.
Oliver Peak
Peak
The Inland Forts are a line of peaks extending between Northwest Mountain and Saint Pauls Mountain, in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The peaks were discovered by Ervon r. Koenig and named by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04.
Utgard Peak
Peak
The Inland Forts are a line of peaks extending between Northwest Mountain and Saint Pauls Mountain, in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The peaks were discovered by Ervon r. Koenig and named by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04. Utgard Peak is situated 4 km southeast of Linnaeus Terrace.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dais and Labyrinth.
Dais
Locality
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
The Wright Valley is a large east–west trending valley, formerly occupied by a glacier but now ice free except for Wright Upper Glacier at its head and Wright Lower Glacier at its mouth, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Dais is situated 7 km northeast of Linnaeus Terrace.
Labyrinth
Locality
Photo: Dturme, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Labyrinth is an extensive flat upland area which has been deeply eroded, at the west end of Wright Valley, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was so named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition because the eroded dolerite of which it is formed gives an appearance of a labyrinth. Labyrinth is situated 8 km northwest of Linnaeus Terrace.
Linnaeus Terrace
- Type: Plateau with an elevation of 1,731 metres
- Description: geological feature in Antarctica
- Categories: terrace and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Linnaeus Terrace” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Linnaeus Terrace”
- German: “Linnaeus Terrace”
- Italian: “Linnaeus Terrace”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Linnaeus Terrace”
- Swedish: “Linnaeus Terrace”
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Highlights include Njord Valley and Inland Forts.
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