Matsumoto Pond
| Matsumoto Pond | ||
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| Geographical location | Wright Valley , Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 4 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Matsumoto Pond is a freshwater tümpel in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the South Fork of the Wright Valley, it lies south of Dais Col and 2.2 km west of Don Juan Lake .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1997 after the Japanese chemist Genki I. Matsumoto, a member of four Japanese teams (1976–1977, 1981–1982, 1983–1984 and 1985–1986), the geophysical and geochemical investigations in the waters of the Antarctic dry valleys including the pond described here.
Web links
- Matsumoto Pond in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Matsumoto Pond on geographic.org (English)