Meyer Desert

Meyer Desert

Meyer Desert is a triangular ice-free area of about 50 square miles (130 km2) at the north end of the Dominion Range, near the confluence of the Beardmore and Mill Glaciers. Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) for George Meyer of United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP), who was scientific leader at McMurdo Station, 1961, and led a field party into this area, summer 1961-62.

An unidentified fragmentary lymnaeid from deposits of the Meyer Desert Formation reported in 2003 has been the first freshwater snail recorded from Antarctica.[1] Also unidentified freshwater bivalve Pisidium sensu stricto reported in the same paper from the same deposits has been the first freshwater bivalve reported from Antarctica.[1] Both together are the first freshwater molluscs from Antarctica.[1]

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Meyer Desert" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

  1. ^ a b c Ashworth A. C. & Preece R. C. (2003). "The first freshwater molluscs from Antarctica". Journal of Molluscan Studies 69: 89-92. doi:10.1093/mollus/69.1.89.

Coordinates: 85°8′S 166°45′E / 85.133°S 166.75°E / -85.133; 166.75

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