Blood Falls

Blood Falls is an outflow of an iron oxide–tainted plume of saltwater, flowing from the tongue of onto the ice-covered surface of West Lake Bonney in the of the in , .
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  • Type: Waterfall
  • Description: red-colored seep of saltwater flowing from Taylor Glacier in Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Cascadas de Sangre”, “Cascades de Sang”, “Cataratas de sangre”, and “Odol ur-jauziak”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Taylor Glacier and Bonney Riegel.

Glacier
Photo: Eli Duke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a glacier in Antarctica about… is situated 3 km southwest of Blood Falls.

Taylor Valley is an ice-free valley about 18 nautical… is situated 1½ km east of Blood Falls.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Claridge Terrace and Campbell Terrace.

Locality
is a relatively horizontal area, 0.75…

Locality
Roa Ridge is a bow-shaped ridge, 5 mi long in the of , Antarctica. is situated 7 km northeast of Blood Falls.

Blood Falls

Latitude
-77.72223° or 77° 43′ 20″ south
Longitude
162.27384° or 162° 16′ 26″ east
Open location code
2VJ477HF+4G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7069727401
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­waterfall
Wiki­data ID
Q885118
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Blood Falls” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شلالات الدم”
  • Armenian: “Արյունոտ ջրվեժ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qanlı şəlalə”
  • Basque: “Odol-jauziak”
  • Catalan: “Cascades de sang”
  • Chinese: “血瀑布”
  • Czech: “Blood Falls”
  • Czech: “Krvavý vodopád”
  • Dutch: “Bloedwaterval”
  • French: “Blood Falls”
  • German: “Blood Falls”
  • Hebrew: “מפל הדמים”
  • Italian: “Cascate di sangue”
  • Japanese: “血の滝”
  • Lithuanian: “Kraujo krioklys”
  • Malayalam: “ബ്ലഡ് ഫാൾസ്”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Blodfossen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Blood Falls”
  • Norwegian: “Blodfossen”
  • Persian: “آبشار خونین”
  • Polish: “Blood Falls”
  • Portuguese: “Cachoeiras de sangue”
  • Portuguese: “Cachoeiras de Sangue”
  • Romanian: “Cascada Însângerată”
  • Russian: “Кровавый водопад”
  • Serbian: “Крвави водопад”
  • Slovenian: “Blood Falls”
  • Spanish: “Cataratas de Sangre”
  • Talysh: “Xuninə šulə”
  • Talysh: “Xuninə şulə”
  • Tamil: “குருதியருவி”
  • Telugu: “రక్త జలపాతం”
  • Turkish: “Kan Şelalesi”
  • Turkish: “Kanlı Şelale”
  • Ukrainian: “Кривавий водоспад”
  • Uzbek: “Qonli ko’l”
  • Uzbek: “Qonli koʻl”
  • Vietnamese: “Thác Máu”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Busay nga Dugo”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: J. J. Thomson, Mount and Karoro Pond.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Lake Bonney Camp and Lake Hoare Camp.

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Worth a closer look: Livingston Island and Villa Las Estrellas.

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