Vincent Creek
Vincent Creek is a meltwater stream, 1,000 metres long, flowing north from the north end of Hughes Glacier to the south edge of Lake Bonney in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land.Places of Interest
Highlights include Blood Falls and Bonney Riegel.
Blood Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Blood Falls is an outflow of an iron oxide–tainted plume of saltwater, flowing from the tongue of Taylor Glacier onto the ice-covered surface of West Lake Bonney in the Taylor Valley of the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Victoria Land, East Antarctica. Blood Falls is situated 4 km west of Vincent Creek.
Bonney Riegel
Taylor Valley is an ice-free valley about 18 nautical miles long, once occupied by the receding Taylor Glacier. It lies north of the Kukri Hills between the Taylor Glacier and New Harbour in Victoria Land, Antarctica.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Claridge Terrace and Campbell Terrace.
Claridge Terrace
Locality
Claridge Terrace is a relatively horizontal area, 0.75 mile square with a median elevation of 1050 meters, between Mount J. J. Thomson and the northern wall of Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. Claridge Terrace is situated 3½ km northwest of Vincent Creek.
Campbell Terrace
Locality
Roa Ridge is a bow-shaped ridge, 5 mi long in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. For much of its extent, it separates Matterhorn Glacier and Lacroix Glacier. Named by New Zealand Geographic Board in 1998. Roa is a Māori word meaning “long” ridge. Campbell Terrace is situated 4½ km north of Vincent Creek.
Vincent Creek
- Type: Stream
- Description: watercourse in Antarctica
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Vincent Creek” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Vincent Creek”
- German: “Vincent Creek”
- Malayalam: “വിൻസെന്റ് ക്രീക്ക്”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vincent Creek”
- Spanish: “Arroyo Vincent”
- Swedish: “Vincent Creek”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bonney, Lake and Bonney Riegel.
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