Name details

Watanuki Pond

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 136412

Feature type: Water body (15)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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Narrative

A pond lying 1.7 mi SSW of Apollo Peak in the NW part of the Labyrinth of Wright Valley. The pond is also positioned as being 0.25 mi ENE of Kurasawa Pond and 0.8 m E of the Wright Upper Glacier terminus. Named by US-ACAN (2004) after Kunihiki Watanuki, Department of Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Japan; participant in the McMurdo Dry Valleys Drilling Project during the 1973-74 field season; Labyrinth pond studies, 1985-86.

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Location

Latitude:
77° 31' 00.0" S
-77.51667°
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Longitude:
160° 46' 00.0" E
160.76667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-2004

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