Rodriquez Pond
Rodriquez Pond is a pond in Antarctica and has an elevation of 1,043 metres. Rodriquez Pond is situated nearby to the locality Labyrinth.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 3 km east of Rodriquez Pond.
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 Rodriquez 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 Rodriquez Pond.
Rodriquez Pond
- Type: Pond
- Category: body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.55° or 77° 33′ southLongitude
160.83333° or 160° 50′ eastElevation
1,043 metres (3,422 feet)Open location code
2VJ2FR2M+28GeoNames ID
6639030
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