Weddell Island
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Weddell Island is one of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, lying off the southwest extremity of West Falkland. It is situated 1,545 km west-northwest of South Georgia Island, 1,165 km north
Satellite image of Weddell Island
Capt. John MacBride, the discoverer of Weddell Island; portrait by Gilbert Stuart, 1788
A sister ship of HMS Onyx
Massive stone runs in the foothills of Circum Peak, southeast view from Mount Weddell
Stone run
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A stone run is a rock landform resulting from the erosion of particular rock varieties caused by freezing-thawing cycles in periglacial conditions during the last Ice Age.
Stone run at Mount Kent, East Falkland
Typical stone river on Vitosha Mountain, Bulgaria.
Charles Darwin a few years after his survey of the Falklands stone runs