Labyrinth
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.Photo: Dturme, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Labyrinth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Linnaeus Terrace and Prentice Plateau.
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 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 9 km northwest of Labyrinth.
Labyrinth
- Type: Locality
- Description: extensive flat upland area which has been deeply eroded at the west end of Wright Valley, in Victoria Land, Antarctica
- Categories: landform and plain
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.55° or 77° 33′ southLongitude
160.83333° or 160° 50′ eastOpen location code
2VJ2FR2M+28OpenStreetMap ID
node 11054060482OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q6467710
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Labyrinth” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Labyrinth”
- German: “Labyrinth”
- Italian: “Labirinto”
- Japanese: “ラビリンス”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Labyrinth”
- Swedish: “Labyrinth”
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