Stepping Stone Pond
Stepping Stone Pond is a small freshwater frozen pond 0.4 nautical miles east-northeast of Craig Pond in the Labyrinth of Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Anvil Pond and Kurasawa 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.
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. Kurasawa Pond is situated 2½ km north of Stepping Stone Pond.
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. Watanuki Pond is situated 2½ km north of Stepping Stone Pond.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Labyrinth and Prentice Plateau.
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.
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 8 km northwest of Stepping Stone Pond.
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 9 km southeast of Stepping Stone Pond.
Stepping Stone Pond
- Type: Pond
- Description: Frozen pond in Antrctica
- Categories: geographical feature and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From German to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Stepping Stone Pond” goes by many names.
- German: “Stepping Stone Pond”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stepping Stone Pond”
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