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Sarcophagus Pond: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Sarcophagus Pond in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division

Feature Name (see definition): Sarcophagus Pond

Feature Class (see definition): Basin

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 18660

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 77° 33' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 160° 43' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.55

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 160.7166667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/2004

Description (see definition): A small ice-covered pond 0.15 mi ENE of Dauphin Pond in the Labyrinth of Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys. A descriptive name suggested by the U.S. Antarctic Project (USAP) field party that sampled the pond in the 2003-04 season. A rock in the middle of the pond is shaped like a stone coffin.

Date Created (see definition): 07/14/2004

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Sarcophagus Pond in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sarcophagus Pond information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sarcophagus Pond should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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