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41: 34: 272: 534:. A round frozen pond, 100 metres (330 ft) in diameter, lying in a morainal valley east of the north end of Forlidas Ridge. The only pond in the northern Pensacola Mountains, it is of much interest to biologists. The pond was discovered and briefly investigated in December 1957 by a US-IGY party from Ellsworth Station. The name is in association with Forlidas Ridge and was suggested by Arthur B. Ford of USGS following geological work in the area, 1978-79. 790: 713: 363:. An ice-free spur lying south of Clemons Spur and Forlidas Ridge. Named by US-ACAN, at the suggestion of USGS party leader Arthur B. Ford, after Private First Class Joseph W. Preslik, a member of the United States Army Aviation Detachment with the USGS Pensacola Mountains survey, 1965-66. 572:. A rock ridge trending north–south and marking the east extent of Davis Valley. Named by US-ACAN in 1979 after CWO Stanley J. Wujek, United States Army, helicopter pilot of the Army Aviation Detachment which supported the USGS Pensacola Mountains survey, 1965-66. 307:
Davis Valley and other, adjacent ice-free valleys, forms one of the most southerly ‘dry valley’ systems on the continent and has exceptional scientific value for the interpretation of past glacial events and climate in this part of Antarctica. With
452:. A bare rock spur next south of Forlidas Ridge. Named at the suggestion of party leader Arthur B. Ford, USGS, after Samuel D. Clemons, steward, United States Navy Squadron VXE-6, with the USGS Pensacola Mountains survey, 1965-66. 490:. A rock ridge that forms the west side of Davis Valley. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN after Charles W. Forlidas, radioman, Ellsworth Station winter party, 1957. 409:
and Preslik Spur. Named after Ronald W. Kistler, Research Geologist, USGS, (retired). His laboratory research and scientific reporting with A.B. Ford (1979-2000) on the geochronology and petrology of the
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of the northern Pensacola Mountains was critical for the understanding of the evolution of this major igneous complex.
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Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 119: Measure 2, Annex D
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some 500 metres (1,600 ft) away, the site is protected under the
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David Valley is towards the northeast of the Dufek Massif, between
188:) is an ice-free valley just east of Floridas Ridge in north-east 216:(US-ACAN) for Edward H. Davis, a construction mechanic with the 743: 614: 295:
is to the south. Features include Preslik Spur, Clemons Spur,
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and Forlidas Ridge and heads in the amphitheater between
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air photos in 1956–66. It was named by the United States
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Davis Valley is located in Antarctica
Pensacola Mountains
Coordinates
82°28′S 51°9′W / 82.467°S 51.150°W / -82.467; -51.150 (Davis Valley)
Pensacola Mountains
Parent range
Dufek Massif
82°28′S 51°9′W / 82.467°S 51.150°W / -82.467; -51.150 (Davis Valley)
Dufek Massif
Pensacola Mountains
United States Geological Survey
United States Navy
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Ellsworth Station
OpenStreetMap
KML
GPX (all coordinates)
GPX (primary coordinates)
GPX (secondary coordinates)

Jaeger Table
Boyd Escarpment
Ford Ice Piedmont
Sallee Snowfield
Edge Glacier
#Forlidas Pond
Antarctic Treaty System
Antarctic Specially Protected Area
82°32′S 51°20′W / 82.533°S 51.333°W / -82.533; -51.333
82°30′S 51°30′W / 82.5°S 51.5°W / -82.5; -51.5

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