Nibelungen Valley
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Nibelungen Valley is an ice free valley
just west of Plane Table
and Panorama Peak
in the Asgard Range
, Victoria Land
. Nibelungen is one in a group of mythological names in the range given by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
(NZ-APC).
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...
just west of Plane Table
Plane Table
Plane Table is a distinctive ice free mesa in the north part of the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. This flattish feature surmounts the area between Nibelungen Valley and the Sykes Glacier and commands an extensive view of Wright Valley...
and Panorama Peak
Panorama Peak
Panorama Peak is a rock peak 0.5 nautical miles north of Mount Thundergut on the ridge extending to Plane Table, in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. The name applied by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee presumably alludes to excellent views available from the summit....
in the Asgard Range
Asgard Range
The Asgard Range is a mountain range in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It dividies Wright Valley from Taylor Glacier and Taylor Valley, and was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition after Asgard, the home of the Norse gods....
, 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...
. Nibelungen is one in a group of mythological names in the range given by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee is an adjudicating committee established to authorize the naming of features in the Ross Dependency on the Antarctic continent. It is composed of the members of the New Zealand Geographic Board plus selected specialists on Antarctica...
(NZ-APC).