Mummy Pond

Mummy Pond (

77°40′S 162°39′E / 77.667°S 162.650°E / -77.667; 162.650Coordinates: 77°40′S 162°39′E / 77.667°S 162.650°E / -77.667; 162.650) 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)