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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Walton Peak (GBR) | 68° 09' 00.0" S | 66° 49' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 111823
Place ID: 15712
rising to 825 m between Northeast Glacier and Mount Rhamnus, Fallières Coast, was surveyed by BGLE in 1936 (Rymill, 1938a, map facing p.432); resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island", 1946-48, and named after Eric William Kevin Walton (b.1918), FIDS engineer, "Stonington Island", 1946-47, who in August 1946 rescued J. E. Tonkin of FIDS (Tonkin Island, q.v.) from a crevasse on Northeast Glacier and was subsequently awarded the Albert Medal "for gallantry" (exchanged for the George Cross in 1971); Deputy Leader, South Georgia Survey (V.D. Carse), 1951-52; father of J. L. W. Walton (Walton Heights, q.v.) (APC, 1955, p.22; DCS 601 sheet 68 66, 1955). |
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| Walton Peak (USA) | 68° 09' 00.0" S | 66° 48' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 133413
Place ID: 15712
Sharp peak, 825 m, which stands 2 mi N of Mount Rhamnus and is part of the irregular ridge separating Northeast Glacier from Neny Fjord, on the W coast of Graham Land. First surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1946 and 1948 by the FIDS. Named for Eric W.K. Walton, FIDS engineer at Stonington Island in 1946 and 1947, who in 1946 rescued J.E. Tonkin of FIDS from a crevasse in Northeast Glacier. |
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