Jackson Pond

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Jackson Pond
Location McMurdo Dry Valleys
Coordinates 77°32′S 160°45′ECoordinates: 77°32′S 160°45′E
Basin countries (Antarctica)

Jackson Pond (77°32′S, 160°45′E) is a freshwater frozen pond midway between the terminus of Wright Upper Glacier and Anvil Pond in the Labyrinth, McMurdo Dry Valleys. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after J.K. Jackson, Department of Geology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois; a member of the core legging and processing team during the McMurdo Dry Valleys Drilling Project, 1974-75.

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