Gupwell Pond

Coordinates: 77°33′26″S 160°54′33″E / 77.55722°S 160.90917°E / -77.55722; 160.90917
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Gupwell Pond (77°33′26″S 160°54′33″E / 77.55722°S 160.90917°E / -77.55722; 160.90917) is a pond 0.3 nautical miles (0.6 km) south of midmost Hoffman Ledge in the Labyrinth of Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (2004) after J.H. Gupwell, a drilling supervisor with the New Zealand drilling team during the McMurdo Dry Valleys Drilling Project, 1973–76.[1]

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  1. ^ "Gupwell Pond". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-05-11.

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