Turnabout Valley
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Turnabout Valley is a partially deglaciated valley
between Finger Mountain
and Pyramid Mountain
, in the Quartermain Mountains
, Victoria Land
. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1958-59.
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...
between Finger Mountain
Finger Mountain
Finger Mountain is a topographical formation in interior Alaska. Not actually a mountain, it is a wide broad hill, with an altitude of around 1312 ft.. It is named for Finger Rock, a distinctive granite protrusion on its surface. Finger Mountain Wayside is a partially-maintained pullout along...
and Pyramid Mountain
Pyramid Mountain
Pyramid Mountain can refer to:*Pyramid Mountain in Jasper National Park, Canada*Pyramid Mountain in Wells Gray-Clearwater Volcanic Field of British Columbia, Canada*One of six other mountains in British ColumbiaAlso:...
, in the Quartermain Mountains
Quartermain Mountains
Quartermain Mountains is a group of exposed mountains, about 20 miles long, typical of ice-free features of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land, located south of Taylor Glacier and bounded by Finger Mountain, Mount Handsley, Mount Feather and Tabular Mountain; also including Knobhead, Terra...
, 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...
. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1958-59.