Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Don Juan Pond (NZL) | 77° 34' 00.0" S | 161° 11' 00.0" E | Water body |
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Name ID: 113169
Place ID: 3761
Small very saline lake, south arm of upper Wright Valley. Named by Professor A T Wilson, Scientific Leader, VUWAE No 8. |
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| Don Juan Pond (USA) | 77° 34' 00.0" S | 161° 11' 00.0" E | Water body |
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Name ID: 124436
Place ID: 3761
A shallow saline pond located south of the Dais in the South Fork of Wright Valley, Victoria Land. The pond was sighted on Oct. 11, 1961 in a field reconnaissance by U.S. Navy helicopter. In the next three months, a USARP party with George H. Meyer and others made several trips to study the pond. They named it Don Juan Pond for Lieutenants Donald Roe and John Hickey, U.S. Navy Air Development Squadron Six, who were of assistance to the field party. A new mineral, calcium chloride hexahydrate, was discovered in the pond. The name Antarcticite was proposed for the new mineral. |
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