Kaki Ponds
The Kaki Ponds are five small ponds 0.2 nautical miles north of the terminus of Marr Glacier in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica. They were named by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 1994 after a New Zealand water bird, the black stilt.- Type: Lake
- Description: ponds in Victoria Land, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Kakī Ponds”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ventifact Knobs.
Ventifact Knobs
Peak
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. Ventifact Knobs is situated 3 km west of Kaki Ponds.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Campbell Terrace and Claridge Terrace.
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 6 km northwest of Kaki Ponds.
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 10 km west of Kaki Ponds.
Kaki Ponds
- Category: body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Kaki Ponds” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kaki Ponds”
- German: “Kaki Ponds”
- Swedish: “Kaki Ponds”
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