Linnaeus Terrace

Linnaeus Terrace is a rock terrace on the north side of in the of , . 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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Oliver Peak.

Peak
The Inland Forts are a line of peaks extending between Northwest Mountain and Saint Pauls Mountain, in the of , Antarctica. The peaks were discovered by Ervon r. Koenig and named by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dais and Labyrinth.

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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 at its head and Wright Lower Glacier at its mouth, in , Antarctica. is situated 7 km northeast of Linnaeus Terrace.

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Photo: Dturme, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is an extensive flat upland area which has been deeply eroded, at the west end of , in , 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 . is situated 8 km northwest of Linnaeus Terrace.

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is a short, tapering on the north side of Plane Table that extends part way down the south wall of , . is situated 9 km east of Linnaeus Terrace.

Linnaeus Terrace

Latitude
-77.59763° or 77° 35′ 52″ south
Longitude
161.08032° or 161° 4′ 49″ east
Named after
Carl Linnaeus
Open location code
2VJ3C32J+W4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11054060481
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Wiki­data ID
Q6554573
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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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