Blood Falls
Blood Falls is an outflow of an iron oxide–tainted plume of saltwater, flowing from the tongue of Taylor Glacier onto the ice-covered surface of West Lake Bonney in the Taylor Valley of the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Victoria Land, East Antarctica.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Waterfall
- …lies at an elevation of 75 metres (246 feet)
- Description: red-colored seep of saltwater flowing from Taylor Glacier in Antarctica
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Taylor Glacier and Bonney Riegel.
Taylor Glacier
The Taylor Glacier is a glacier in Antarctica about…
3 km southwest of Blood Falls
Bonney Riegel
Taylor Valley is an ice-free valley about 18 nautical…
1½ km east of Blood Falls
Localities in the Area
Discover Claridge Terrace and Campbell Terrace.
Claridge Terrace
Claridge Terrace is a relatively horizontal area, 0.75…
Campbell Terrace
Roa Ridge is a bow-shaped ridge, 5 mi long in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica.
7 km northeast of Blood Falls
Blood Falls
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.72223° or 77° 43′ 20″ south
Longitude
162.27384° or 162° 16′ 26″ east
Open location code
2VJ477HF+4G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = attraction
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway = waterfall
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Blood Falls” goes by many names.
شلالات الدمArabic
Արյունոտ ջրվեժArmenian
Qanlı şəlaləAzerbaijani
Odol ur-jauziakBasque
Odol-jauziakBasque
Blood FallsCatalan
Cascades de sangCatalan
血瀑布Chinese
Blood FallsCzech
Krvavý vodopádCzech
BloedwatervalDutch
מפל הדמיםHebrew
Cascate di sangueItalian
血の滝Japanese
Kraujo krioklysLithuanian
ബ്ലഡ് ഫാൾസ്Malayalam
BlodfossenNorwegian
BlodfossenNorwegian Bokmål
Blood FallsNorwegian Nynorsk
آبشار خونینPersian
Blood FallsPolish
Cascada ÎnsângeratăRomanian
Кровавый водопадRussian
Крвави водопадSerbian
Blood FallsSlovenian
Xuninə şuləTalysh
குருதியருவிTamil
రక్త జలపాతంTelugu
Kan ŞelalesiTurkish
Kanlı ŞelaleTurkish
Кривавий водоспадUkrainian
Qonli ko’lUzbek
Thác MáuVietnamese
Busay nga DugoWaray (Philippines)
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