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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Latitude

-77.71667° or 77° 43′ south

Longitude

162.43333° or 162° 26′ east

Elevation

285 metres (935 feet)

Open location code

2VJ47CMM+88

GeoNames ID

6628824

Wikidata ID

Q7931739

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Satellite Map

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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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