
Rodriquez Pond
United States Geological Survey
Herausgegeben: Valère Kresten, Proteus
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Rodriquez Pond (77°33 S 160°50 E / 77.55°S 160.833°E / -77.55; 160.833) is a freshwater frozen pond in the Labyrinth of Wright Valley in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. The pond is the larger of the two ponds that lie west of Hoffman Ledge in Healy Trough. It is just southeast of smaller Redman Pond. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Russell Rodriquez, U.S. Geological Survey, Seattle, WA; member of a United States Antarctic Program (USAP) party that sampled the pond in 2003-04. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States gove...
Rodriquez Pond (77°33 S 160°50 E / 77.55°S 160.833°E / -77.55; 160.833) is a freshwater frozen pond in the Labyrinth of Wright Valley in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. The pond is the larger of the two ponds that lie west of Hoffman Ledge in Healy Trough. It is just southeast of smaller Redman Pond. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Russell Rodriquez, U.S. Geological Survey, Seattle, WA; member of a United States Antarctic Program (USAP) party that sampled the pond in 2003-04. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology, geography, geology, and hydrology. The USGS is a fact-finding research organization with no regulatory responsibility.