Labyrinth (Antarctica)
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 ASTER satellite image of the maze; top left the Upper Wright Glacier , bottom left Asgard Range , top right Olympus Range , bottom right North Fork |
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Wright Valley in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 30 ′ S , 160 ° 50 ′ E | |
The labyrinth is an extensive plateau in the East Antarctic Victoria Land, heavily furrowed by erosion . It is located at the western end of the Wright Valley at the foot of the Upper Wright Glacier .
Participants in a 1958-1959 campaign as part of New Zealand's Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions named it so because the furrowed dolerite rock gives the plain the appearance of a labyrinth .
Web links
- Labyrinth in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Labyrinth on geographic.org (English)