Jackson Pond
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| Geographical location | Wright Valley , Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Jackson Pond is a frozen meltwater pond in Wright Valley of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the maze , it's halfway between the end of Upper Wright Glacier and Anvil Pond .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2004 after the American geologist Jeffrey K. Jackson of Northern Illinois University , who was involved in the drilling project in the Antarctic dry valleys from 1974 and 1975 .
Web links
- Jackson Pond in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Jackson Pond on geographic.org (English)