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Mount Walton

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Mount Walton (72°29′S 160°18′E) is a sharp, bare mountain (2,460 m) rising midway between Oona Cliff and Mount Chadwick in the Outback Nunataks. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Fred W. Walton, geomagnetist/seismologist at South Pole Station, 1968.

Map of Mount Walton, Antarctica

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Walton" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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