Name details

Don Quixote Pond

Don Quixote Pond (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Don Quixote Pond  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113171

Feature type: Water body (11)

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Saline and seasonally frozen pond in a closed catchment basin in the North Fork of Wright Valley, north of the Dais. The largest and most permanent of five such features in the basin. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-ME08

Named For

Use of the name dates back to 1966 and appears to be applied in juxtaposition to Don Juan Pond. The name was used in various reports on the locality published in the 1970's and 1980's including those by Keros Cartwright and Henry Harris, Illinois State Geological Survey, who studied the hydrogeology of this area in three field seasons, 1973-76, and by Japanese scientists such as Tetsuya Torii, working with the US and NZ Antarctic programmes between 1963-1994.

Location

Latitude:
77° 31' 58.8" S
-77.53300°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
161° 09' 54.1" E
161.16503°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
101 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
McMurdo Dry Valleys LiDAR 2014-15
Source Identifier:
NCALM_DV_LiDAR_Northern_DV_South_1m
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM)
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point, from 1m DEM

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
7-Oct-1998

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