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Williams Pond

Williams Pond (77°32′S 160°58′E / 77.533°S 160.967°E / -77.533; 160.967) is a pond 0.4 miles (0.64 km)[1] north of the east end of Hoffman Ledge, within the Labyrinth of Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys. The basin is named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after M.W. (Max) Williams of Hamilton, New Zealand, a driller and supervisor with the New Zealand drilling team which was on site for the Murdo Dry Valleys Drilling Project from 1973 through 1976.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Williams Pond, Antarctica". Retrieved April 20, 2011.
  2. ^ "Dry Valley Drilling Project". Retrieved April 20, 2011.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Williams Pond". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 


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