Prospect Mesa

Prospect Mesa (77°30′S 161°52′E / 77.500°S 161.867°E / -77.500; 161.867Coordinates: 77°30′S 161°52′E / 77.500°S 161.867°E / -77.500; 161.867) is a low mesa below Bull Pass on the north side of Wright Valley in Victoria Land. Named by geologists C. G. Vucetich and W. W. Topping of the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1969–70, to designate the type locality of the geological "Prospect Formation."

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