Dauphin Pond
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| Geographical location | Wright Valley , Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Dauphin Pond is a frozen freshwater pond in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Wright Valley it is located in the Labyrinth Plain near the southwestern extension of the Healy Trough and 300 m east of the end of the Upper Wright Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the pool in 2004 after the Eurocopter Dauphin HH-65A , a United States Coast Guard helicopter , which landed here on January 20, 2004.
Web links
- Dauphin Pond in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dauphin Pond on geographic.org (English)