Mummy Pond
Mummy Pond (77°40′S 162°39′E / 77.667°S 162.650°ECoordinates: 77°40′S 162°39′E / 77.667°S 162.650°E) is a pond between Suess and Lacroix Glaciers in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. So named by , U.S. geologist who visited the area in December 1957, because of the mummified seals found around the pond.
Further reading[]
- Gunter Faure, Teresa M. Mensing, The Transantarctic Mountains: Rocks, Ice, Meteorites and Water, P 715
- Galen Rowell, Poles Apart: Parallel Visions of the Arctic and Antarctic, P 172
- Sara Wheeler, Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica
- Lucy Jane Bledsoe, The Big Bang Symphony: A Novel of Antarctica, P 210
- Ana María Alonso-Zarza, Lawrence H. Tanner, editors, Paleoenvironmental Record and Applications of Calcretes and Palustrine Carbonates, P 99
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Mummy Pond". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
Categories:
- Lakes of Victoria Land
- McMurdo Dry Valleys
- McMurdo Dry Valleys geography stubs