Watanuki Pond () is a pond lying 1.7 nautical miles (3.1 km) south-southwest of
Apollo Peak
Apollo Peak is a dolerite-capped peak rising to west of Mount Electra in the Olympus Range, Victoria Land. The peak was named after the god Apollo, in association with other names from Greek mythology used in this range, by the New Zealand Antar ...
in the northwest part of the Labyrinth of
Wright Valley
The Wright Valley, named for Sir Charles Wright, is the central one of the three large Dry Valleys in the Transantarctic Mountains, located west of McMurdo Sound at approximately . Wright Valley contains the Onyx River, the longest river in Ant ...
. The pond is also positioned as being 0.25 nautical miles (0.5 km) east-northeast of
Kurasawa Pond and 0.8 m east of the
Wright Upper Glacier
Wright Upper Glacier () is an ice apron at the upper west end of Wright Valley in Asgard Range, Antarctica. It is formed by a glacier flowing east from the inland ice plateau. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VU ...
terminus. Named by
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.
History
The committee was established ...
(US-ACAN) (2004) after
Kunihiki Watanuki, Department of Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Japan; participant in the
McMurdo Dry Valleys Drilling Project
Vice-Admiral Archibald McMurdo (24 September 1812 – 11 December 1875) was a Scottish naval officer and polar explorer after whom Antarctica's McMurdo Sound, McMurdo Station, McMurdo Ice Shelf, McMurdo Dry Valleys and McMurdo–South Pole High ...
during the 1973-74 field season; Labyrinth pond studies, 1985–86.
Lakes of Victoria Land
McMurdo Dry Valleys
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