Cleft Ledge
Cleft Ledge is a flat-topped ridge 1 nautical mile long and 0.3 nautical miles wide between Shaw Trough and Healy Trough in the Labyrinth of Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Anvil Pond and Gupwell Pond.
Anvil Pond
Lake
The Labyrinth is an extensive flat upland area which has been deeply eroded, at the west end of Wright Valley, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was so named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition because the eroded dolerite of which it is formed gives an appearance of a labyrinth.
Gupwell Pond
Lake
Gupwell Pond is a pond 0.3 nautical miles south of midmost Hoffman Ledge in the Labyrinth of Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after J.H.
Murray Pond
Lake
Murray Pond is a pond 0.4 nautical miles east-southeast of Gupwell Pond in the Labyrinth of Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys. It is the W-most of the three aligned ponds lying south of the east part of Hoffman Ledge. Murray Pond is situated 2½ km southeast of Cleft Ledge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Labyrinth and Linnaeus Terrace.
Labyrinth
Locality
Photo: Dturme, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Labyrinth is an extensive flat upland area which has been deeply eroded, at the west end of Wright Valley, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was so named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition because the eroded dolerite of which it is formed gives an appearance of a labyrinth.
Linnaeus Terrace
Locality
Linnaeus Terrace is a rock terrace on the north side of Oliver Peak in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is protected under the Antarctic Treaty System as Antarctic Specially Protected Area No.138 because it is one of the richest known sites for the cryptoendolithic communities that colonise the Beacon Sandstone. Linnaeus Terrace is situated 8 km southeast of Cleft Ledge.
Prentice Plateau
Locality
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south. Prentice Plateau is situated 9 km northwest of Cleft Ledge.
Cleft Ledge
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 920 metres
- Description: Antarctic ridge on the Labyrinth, Victoria Land
- Categories: ridge and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cleft Ledge” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cleft Ledge”
- German: “Cleft Ledge”
- German: “Spaltensimms”
- Swedish: “Cleft Ledge”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Labyrinth and Hoffman Ledge.
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