Duet Pond

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

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

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Place ID: 20190
Name ID: 139262

Feature type: Water body

Origin

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

Narrative

Large permanently ice-covered pond, approximately 4857m², with clear water and very low conductivity. Located on McMurdo Ice Shelf and south of Bratina Island.

Named For

The pond appeared to split in two with a small subsidiary pond on in the south eastern corner. One of a group of ponds subject to continuous monitoring since 1989. Name first applied by Professor S.J. de Mora (University of Auckland) during events K081, K013 in 1987. Surveyed and named on plan L&S 37/165 (1991).

Location

Latitude:
78° 00' 55.6" S
-78.01546°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
165° 32' 57.8" E
165.54938°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
6 m
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

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Duet Pond
-78.015458,165.549377
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Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
0.5m Antarctic Imagery Mosaic, DigitalGlobe Inc 2018
Source Identifier:
103001000850B700
Source Scale:
1:1889.76
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Position coordinated against survey fixes in https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-015-1780-2

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
19-Dec-2019

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