Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Forlidas Pond (GBR) | 82° 27' 00.0" S | 51° 21' 00.0" W | Water body |
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Name ID: 108873
Place ID: 4825
at NW end of Forlidas Ridge (q.v.), Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains (Neuburg and others, 1959, Fig. 9), following field work by USGS from 1965, was named in association with the ridge (APC, 1980, p.3). |
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| Forlidas Pond (USA) | 82° 27' 00.0" S | 51° 21' 00.0" W | Water body |
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Name ID: 125285
Place ID: 4825
A round frozen pond, 100 m in diameter, lying in a morainal valley E of the N end of Forlidas Ridge, Dufek Massif. The only pond in the northern Pensacola Mountains, it is of much interest to biologists. The pond was discovered and briefly investigated in December 1957 by a US-IGY party from Ellsworth Station. The name is in association with Forlidas Ridge and was suggested by Arthur B. Ford of USGS following geological work in the area, 1978-79. |
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