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33: 40: 953: 716: 515:. A lake, one of several in the Alph River system, located 1.1 nautical miles (2.0 km; 1.3 mi) southeast of the snout of Howchin Glacier in Denton Hills. Named by NZGB (1994) in association with Howchin Glacier. 216:. He reported that the stream continues north a considerable distance under moraine and ultimately subglacially beneath Koettlitz Glacier to the Ross Sea. This led to the name from a passage in 957: 477:. A meltwater stream from the northern part of the snout of Walcott Glacier. It flows eastward to Walcott Lake on Scott Coast. Named by NZGB (1994) in association with Walcott Glacier. 439:. A meltwater stream from the southern part of the snout of Walcott Glacier. It flows eastward to Walcott Lake on Scott Coast. Named by NZGB (1994) in association with Walcott Glacier. 314:
A group of ponds lying south of Trough Lake in Pyramid Trough on Scott Coast. Named by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) (1994) in association with Pyramid Trough and The Pyramid.
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The portion north of Pyramid Trough was explored and named in February 1911 by the British Antarctic Expedition (BrAE) Western Journey Party led by
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on the north-west side of Koettlitz Glacier. It is 0.4 nautical miles (0.74 km; 0.46 mi) long, and surrounded by steep
359:. A permanently ice-covered pro-glacial lake in the Pyramid Trough. Descriptively named in association with Pyramid Trough. 32: 196:
and from south to north includes Pyramid Ponds, Trough Lake, Walcott Lake, Howchin Lake, and Alph Lake. The Alph ends in a
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walls. Named by Griffth Taylor of the BrAE, 1911-13 (Capt. Robert Scott) in association with Alph River.
850: 751: 397:. One of several lakes in the Alph River system, this one located 1.3 miles east of the snout of 268: 217: 263: 213: 981: 258: 8: 197: 189: 797: 398: 193: 801: 970: 540: 527: 502: 489: 464: 451: 426: 413: 384: 371: 346: 333: 301: 288: 201: 167: 153: 119: 105: 74: 192:, Scott Coast, Antarctica. It rises from Koettlitz ice at the upper end of 401:
on Scott Coast. Named by NZGB (1994) in association with Walcott Glacier.
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Lake at the foot of 541:78.20000°S 163.70000°E 347:78.28333°S 163.46667°E 214:Thomas Griffith Taylor 427:78.25°S 163.3833333°E 302:78.2833333°S 163.45°E 259:GPX (all coordinates) 546:-78.20000; 163.70000 443:Walcott North Stream 405:Walcott South Stream 352:-78.28333; 163.46667 208:Exploration and name 537: /  499: /  461: /  432:-78.25; 163.3833333 423: /  381: /  343: /  307:-78.2833333; 163.45 298: /  163: /  115: /  16:River in Antarctica 633:Pyramid Ponds USGS 120:78.200°S 163.750°E 790:Antarctic Science 693:Howchin Lake USGS 657:Walcott Lake USGS 621:Xanadu Hills USGS 198:subglacial stream 190:Koettlitz Glacier 143: 142: 989: 955: 954: 946: 925: 904: 883: 862: 861: 860: 846: 825: 804: 784: 763: 762: 761: 739: 718: 717: 708: 702: 696: 690: 684: 678: 672: 666: 660: 654: 648: 645:Trough Lake AADC 642: 636: 630: 624: 618: 612: 606: 600: 594: 552: 551: 549: 548: 547: 542: 538: 535: 534: 533: 530: 514: 513: 511: 510: 509: 504: 500: 497: 496: 495: 492: 476: 475: 473: 472: 471: 466: 462: 459: 458: 457: 454: 438: 437: 435: 434: 433: 428: 424: 421: 420: 419: 416: 396: 395: 393: 392: 391: 386: 382: 379: 378: 377: 374: 358: 357: 355: 354: 353: 348: 344: 341: 340: 339: 336: 313: 312: 310: 309: 308: 303: 299: 296: 295: 294: 291: 187: 186: 184: 183: 182: 180: 175: 174: 169: 164: 161: 160: 159: 156: 139: 138: 136: 135: 134: 132: 127: 126: 125:-78.200; 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Alph River is located in Antarctica
Antarctica
Victoria Land
Mouth
78°12′S 163°45′E / 78.200°S 163.750°E / -78.200; 163.750 (Alph River)
78°12′S 163°45′E / 78.2°S 163.75°E / -78.2; 163.75 (Alph River)
Koettlitz Glacier
Pyramid Trough
subglacial stream
McMurdo Sound
Thomas Griffith Taylor
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Kubla Khan
Xanadu Hills
OpenStreetMap
KML
GPX (all coordinates)
GPX (primary coordinates)
GPX (secondary coordinates)
78°17′00″S 163°27′00″E / 78.2833333°S 163.45°E / -78.2833333; 163.45
Trough lake
78°17′00″S 163°28′00″E / 78.28333°S 163.46667°E / -78.28333; 163.46667
78°14′00″S 163°28′00″E / 78.2333333°S 163.4666667°E / -78.2333333; 163.4666667
Walcott Glacier
78°15′00″S 163°23′00″E / 78.25°S 163.3833333°E / -78.25; 163.3833333
78°14′00″S 163°23′00″E / 78.2333333°S 163.3833333°E / -78.2333333; 163.3833333
78°13′00″S 163°31′00″E / 78.2166667°S 163.5166667°E / -78.2166667; 163.5166667
78°12′00″S 163°42′00″E / 78.20000°S 163.70000°E / -78.20000; 163.70000
Ward Valley
morainic

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