Name details

Murray Pond

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 135690

Feature type: Water body (15)

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

A pond 750km east of Gupwell Pond, 2.8km west of Dais Col, in the Labyrinth of Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-ME07

Named For

Named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after D.F.C. Murray, a driller with the New Zealand drilling team during the McMurdo Dry Valleys Drilling Project, 1973-76.

Location

Latitude:
77° 33' 30.1" S
-77.55837°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
160° 56' 28.0" E
160.94112°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
642 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:
8-Nov-2006

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