Considered by many to be the saltiest lake in the world, Don Juan Pond is found where?
Don Juan Pond Don Juan Pond Don Juan Pond is a small and very shallow hypersaline lake in the western end of Wright Valley (South Fork), Victoria Land, Antarctica, west from Lake Vanda. It is wedged between the Asgard Range to the south and the Dais Range to the north. On the west end is a small tributary and a rock glacier. With a salinity level of over 47%, Don Juan Pond is the saltiest of the Antarctic lakes This salinity allows the pond to remain liquid even at temperatures as low as due to the interference of salts with the bonding of
Don Juan Pond water molecules. Don Juan Pond was discovered in 1961 by George H. Meyer. It was named for two helicopter pilots, Lt. Don Roe and Lt. John Hickey, who piloted the helicopter involved with the first field party investigating the pond. Don Juan Pond is a shallow, flat-bottom, hyper-saline pond. It has the highest total dissolved solids on record, with greater salinity than the Dead Sea or Lake Assal (Djibouti) (the same is true for Lake Vanda and perhaps other lakes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys). Salinity varies over time from 200 to 474 g/L, dominated by calcium chloride, and is