Boulder pavement
Coordinates: 77 ° 31 ′ S , 161 ° 45 ′ E
The Boulder Pavement (from English boulder , “boulder” and English pavement “street pavement” ) is a square, 0.25 km² large plain strewn with boulders in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Wright Valley , it flanks the course of the Onyx River , where that 1.5 km east of Lake Vanda spreads out into a delta .
The US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names made the descriptive naming in 2014.
Web links
- Boulder Pavement in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)