Williams Pond () is a pond north of the east end of
Hoffman Ledge Hoffman Ledge () is an arcuate flat-topped ridge, long and wide, located west of Dais Col in the Labyrinth of Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. The relatively level ledge rises to and is bounded west and north by Healy Trough; clif ...
, within the Labyrinth of
Wright Valley,
McMurdo Dry Valleys. The basin is named by the
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
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.
References
Lakes of Victoria Land
McMurdo Dry Valleys
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