Mount Pond

{{Short description|Mountain in Antarctica}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Mount Pond''' is a [[summit (topography)|peak]], {{convert|550|m|abbr=on}} in height, standing {{convert|2.8|km|abbr=on}} east-south-east of [[Pendulum Cove]], on [[Deception Island]] in the [[South Shetland Islands]] of [[Antarctica]]. The name appears on an 1829 chart based upon survey work by the British expedition under Foster, 1828–31. It was probably named for [[John Pond]], noted English astronomer and director of the [[Royal Observatory, Greenwich|Royal Observatory]] at Greenwich at that time.

==Antarctic Specially Protected Area== The peak forms part of an [[Antarctic Specially Protected Area]] (ASPA 140), comprising several separate sites on Deception Island, and designated as such primarily for its botanic and ecological values.<ref name=ats>{{cite web |url= http://www.ats.aq/documents/recatt/Att242_e.pdf|title= Parts of Deception Island, South Shetland Islands |access-date=2013-09-28 |work=Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 140: Measure 3, Appendix 1|publisher=Antarctic Treaty Secretariat |year=2005}}</ref>

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[[Category:Mountains of the South Shetland Islands|Pond, Mount]] [[Category:Geography of Deception Island]] [[Category:Antarctic Specially Protected Areas]]