Walton Mountains

The Walton Mountains are an isolated chain of three predominantly snow-covered mountain masses in central Alexander Island, in the British Antarctic Territory. They rise to about 4,760 feet at Mount McArthur, extending south from Schubert Inlet for 25 miles.

The mountains were first sighted from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth on 23 November 1935, and roughly mapped from photos obtained on that flight by W.L.G. Joerg. Resighted from the air by the United States Antarctic Service in 1940, and in 1947 by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition under Ronne. Ronne named the mountains after Lieutenant Colonel R.C. Walton, United States Marine Corps, of the Office of Naval Research, who was instrumental in obtaining the loan of a ship from the Navy and in securing US Navy assistance for the Ronne expedition.

See also

• Havre Mountains
• Lassus Mountains
• Rouen Mountains

Location

• Location map: 71°12’0"S, 70°19’60"W

References

• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Walton Mountains