Dais

The Wright Valley is a large east–west trending valley, formerly occupied by a glacier but now ice free except for at its head and Wright Lower Glacier at its mouth, in , Antarctica.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Don Juan Pond and Anderson Scarp.

Lake
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is a small and very shallow hypersaline lake in the western end of , , , 9 kilometres west from .

Cliff
is an upward slope and cliff 935 metres high, about 0.8 nautical miles west of on the Dais, , in the of .

Cliff
is a prominent rock bluff, 750 metres high, that forms the east end of Dais and marks the valley entrances to and in , , Antarctica. is situated 3 km east of Dais.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Plane Table Glacier and Linnaeus Terrace.

Locality
is a short, tapering on the north side of Plane Table that extends part way down the south wall of , . is situated 7 km southeast of Dais.

Locality
is a rock terrace on the north side of in the of , . 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. is situated 7 km southwest of Dais.

Dais

Latitude
-77.55° or 77° 33′ south
Longitude
161.26667° or 161° 16′ east
Elevation
652 metres (2,139 feet)
Open location code
2VJ3F728+2M
Geo­Names ID
6631760
Wiki­data ID
Q1157651
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Dais” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Dais
  • Dutch: Dais
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  • Swedish: Dais

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