Anvil Pond
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gupwell Pond and Watanuki 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.
Watanuki Pond
Lake
Watanuki Pond is a pond lying 1.7 nautical miles south-southwest of Apollo Peak in the northwest part of the Labyrinth of Wright Valley. The pond is also positioned as being 0.25 nautical miles east-northeast of Kurasawa Pond and 0.8 m east of the Wright Upper Glacier terminus.
Kurasawa Pond
Lake
Kurasawa Pond is a pond in the northwestern part of the Labyrinth of Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. It lies south of Dean Cirque and 0.5 nautical miles east of the Wright Upper Glacier terminus.
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 Anvil Pond.
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 Anvil Pond.
Anvil Pond
- Type: Lake
- Description: Antarctic lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.54838° or 77° 32′ 54″ southLongitude
160.81258° or 160° 48′ 45″ eastElevation
1,027 metres (3,369 feet)Open location code
2VJ2FR27+J2OpenStreetMap ID
way 984153104OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
6629803Wikidata ID
Q4777985
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Anvil Pond” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Anvil Pond”
- German: “Anvil Pond”
- Japanese: “アンヴィル・ポンド”
- Japanese: “アンヴィル池”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Anvil Pond”
- Swedish: “Anvil Pond”
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