Hoffman Ledge
Hoffman Ledge is a peak in Antarctica and has an elevation of 1,000 metres. Hoffman Ledge is situated nearby to the locality Labyrinth, as well as near Linnaeus Terrace.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gupwell Pond and Murray Pond.
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.
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.
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 7 km southeast of Hoffman Ledge.
Dais
Locality
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
The Wright Valley is a large east–west trending valley, formerly occupied by a glacier but now ice free except for Wright Upper Glacier at its head and Wright Lower Glacier at its mouth, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Dais is situated 9 km east of Hoffman Ledge.
Hoffman Ledge
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,000 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.55° or 77° 33′ southLongitude
160.9° or 160° 54′ eastElevation
1,000 metres (3,281 feet)Open location code
2VJ2FV2X+2XGeoNames ID
6629796
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Satellite Map
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