Level Valley
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Level Valley is a distinctive ice-free valley
which descends northeastward from the Pivot Peak
cirque, in Wilkniss Mountains
, Victoria Land
. One of a group of names in the area associated with surveying applied in 1993 by New Zealand Geographic Board
(NZGB). A surveyors level is an instrument designed primarily to furnish a horizontal line of sight.
Valley
In geology, a valley or dale is a depression with predominant extent in one direction. A very deep river valley may be called a canyon or gorge.The terms U-shaped and V-shaped are descriptive terms of geography to characterize the form of valleys...
which descends northeastward from the Pivot Peak
Pivot Peak
Pivot Peak is a prominent conical peak, 2,470 m, distinguished by a large northeast cirque and as the highest point in Wilkniss Mountains, Victoria Land. The New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition established a survey station on its summit on January 21,...
cirque, in Wilkniss Mountains
Wilkniss Mountains
Wilkniss Mountains is a prominent group of conical mountains, 10 miles long running north-south, located 9 miles east-southeast of Mount Feather, Quartermain Mountains, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The mountains are 3 miles wide in the north portion where Mount Blackwelder and Pivot Peak ...
, Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. One of a group of names in the area associated with surveying applied in 1993 by New Zealand Geographic Board
New Zealand Geographic Board
The New Zealand Geographic Board is constituted under the New Zealand Geographic Board Act 2008, formerly under the New Zealand Geographic Board Act 1946. Although an independent institution, it is responsible to the Minister for Land Information...
(NZGB). A surveyors level is an instrument designed primarily to furnish a horizontal line of sight.