Mirabilite Pond
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| Geographical location | Denton Hills , Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 78 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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particularities |
alkaline water |
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The Mirabilite Pond is an alkaline pond that is located high up in the southern part of the Hidden Valley west of the Koettlitz Glacier in the East Antarctic Victoria Land.
The lake was examined in the late 1950s by the American geologist Troy L. Péwé (1918–1999), whose discovery of a film made of mirabilite at the edge of the pool gave it its name.
Web links
- Mirabilite Pond in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mirabilite Pond on geographic.org (English)