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-'''''[[Caloplaca saxicola]]''''' is a small bright orange crustose [[lichen]] that grows on rock all over the world, including [[Antarctica]]. It is commonly called rock firedot lichen, jewel lichen or rock jewel lichen.
+The '''[[Gothic Mountains]]''' is a group of mountains, 32 kilometers (20 mi) long, in the [[Queen Maud Mountains]] of [[Westarctica]], located west of [[Watson Escarpment]] and bounded by [[Scott Glacier]], Albanus Glacier, and Griffith Glacier.
-''C. saxicola'' is one of the few [[lichen]]s found in [[Westarctica]], and is likely the most southerly plant life. The [[Caloplaca Hills]] were named for this lichen, which grows on the rocks there. This lichen occurs over a portion of northern North America as far north as the Canadian Boreal forests, where Black Spruce is a dominant tree.
+The mountains were first visited in December 1934 by the [[Byrd Antarctic Expedition]] geological party led by [[Quin Blackburn]]. The name was proposed by Edmund Stump, leader of a U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) - Arizona State University geological party which made investigations here in the 1980-81 season. The mountains are composed of granites which have weathered to produce a series of spires and peaks reminiscent of a Gothic cathedral.
-<p><small>Photographer: James K. Lindsey</small></p>
+On 28 April 2020, Logan Mullins was granted the [[Peerage of Westarctica|hereditary peerage]] title Duke of the Gothic Mountains in recognition of his support of Westarctica.
+<p><small>Photographer: Gordon Wiltsie</small></p>
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