Murray Pond
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| Geographical location | Wright Valley , Victoria Land , Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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particularities |
alkaline water |
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The Murray Pond is a pond in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located 600 m east-southeast of Gupwell Pond in the labyrinth of Wright Valley . It is the westernmost of three lined up pools south of the eastern part of the Hoffman Ledge .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2004 after D. F. C. Murray, New Zealand drilling specialist in the drilling project in the Antarctic Dry Valleys from 1973 to 1976.
Web links
- Murray Pond in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Murray Pond on geographic.org (English)