# Linnaeus Terrace > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Linnaeus_Terrace > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Linnaeus_Terrace.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linnaeus_Terrace > Source revision: 999025604 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Linnaeus Terrace** is a rock terrace on the north side of [Oliver Peak](/source/Oliver_Peak) in the [Asgard Range](/source/Asgard_Range) of [Victoria Land](/source/Victoria_Land), [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica). It is protected under the [Antarctic Treaty System](/source/Antarctic_Treaty_System) as [Antarctic Specially Protected Area](/source/Antarctic_Specially_Protected_Area) No.138 because it is one of the richest known sites for the [cryptoendolithic](/source/Endolith) communities that colonise the [Beacon Sandstone](/source/Beacon_Supergroup).[1] ## History The terrace was mapped by the [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey) from [U.S. Navy](/source/U.S._Navy) aerial photographs taken in 1970. The name was proposed to the [Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names](/source/Advisory_Committee_on_Antarctic_Names) by biologist [Imre Friedmann](/source/Imre_Friedmann) who established a [United States Antarctic Research Program](/source/United_States_Antarctic_Research_Program) field camp on this terrace in December 1980 for the study of [microbial flora](/source/Microorganism) living in rocks. The site is named after Swedish botanist [Carl Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), the first person to enunciate the principles for defining genera and species and to adhere to a uniform use of the [binomial system](/source/Binomial_nomenclature) for naming plants and animals.[2] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ats_1-0)** ["Linnaeus Terrace, Asgard Range, Victoria Land"](http://www.ats.aq/documents/recatt/Att394_e.pdf) (PDF). *Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 138: Measure 10, Annex*. Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. 2008. Retrieved 2013-02-05. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-gnis_2-0)** ["Linnaeus Terrace"](https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:8869). *[Geographic Names Information System](/source/Geographic_Names_Information_System)*. [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey), [United States Department of the Interior](/source/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior). Retrieved 2013-06-18. This article incorporates [public domain material](https://www.usgs.gov/information-policies-and-instructions/copyrights-and-credits) from ["Linnaeus Terrace"](https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:8869). *[Geographic Names Information System](/source/Geographic_Names_Information_System)*. [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey). v t e Antarctic Specially Protected Areas Queen Elizabeth Land Davis Valley Forlidas Pond Queen Maud Land Dakshin Gangotri Glacier Svarthamaren Mountain Yukidori Valley Mac. Robertson Land Murray Monolith Rookery Islands Scullin Monolith Taylor Rookery Princess Elizabeth Land Amanda Bay Hawker Island Mount Harding Mule Peninsula Queen Mary Land Haswell Island Wilkes Land Ardery Island Bailey Peninsula Charlton Island Clark Peninsula Dewart Island Frazier Islands Nelly Island Odbert Island Adélie Land Bernard Island Bon Docteur Nunatak Carrel Island Géologie Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare Cape Geology Cape Hallett Cape Washington Edmonson Point Linnaeus Terrace Mount Melbourne Mount Rittmann Seabee Hook Ross Sea Arrival Heights Backdoor Bay Beaufort Island Cape Crozier Cape Evans Cape Royds Hut Point Peninsula Lewis Bay New College Valley North-west White Island Sabrina Island Tramway Ridge Palmer Land Ablation Lake Ablation Point Ablation Point – Ganymede Heights Ablation Valley Erratic Valley Flatiron Valley Ganymede Heights Himalia Ridge Marion Nunataks Mount Martine Mount Monique Moutonnée Lake Striation Valley Graham Land Apéndice Island Avian Island Biscoe Point Bransfield Strait Cierva Point Dion Islands Eastern Dallmann Bay Emperor Island Green Island Lagotellerie Island Litchfield Island Midas Island Moss Islands Mount Flora Rothera Point South Bay South Shetlands Admiralty Bay Ardley Island Byers Peninsula Cape Shirreff Collins Point Coppermine Peninsula Crater Lake Deception Island Discovery Bay Fildes Peninsula Harmony Point Kroner Lake Lions Rump Mount Pond Narębski Point Pendulum Cove Port Foster Potter Peninsula Ronald Hill San Telmo Island South East Point Stonethrow Ridge Suffield Point Telefon Bay South Orkneys Christoffersen Island Coronation Island Fredriksen Island Grey Island Lynch Island Michelsen Island Moe Island Southern Powell Island [77°36′S 161°5′E / 77.600°S 161.083°E / -77.600; 161.083](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Linnaeus_Terrace¶ms=77_36_S_161_5_E_source:GNIS) This McMurdo Dry Valleys location article is a stub. 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