Ward Valley
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Ward Valley is an ice-free valley that lies between Porter Hills
and Xanadu Hills
and east of the snout of Ward Glacier
in the Denton Hills
, Scott Coast
, Antarctica. Named by US-ACAN (1994) in association with Ward Glacier and Ward Lake
.
Porter Hills
Porter Hills is a set of hills in Antarctica named after Raymond C. Porter, Electronics Technician, USCG, a crewman of USCGC Glacier, who was killed in an offloading accident at McMurdo Station on February 8, 1979....
and Xanadu Hills
Xanadu Hills
Xanadu Hills are a ridge of hills lying between Ward Valley and the Alph River in Victoria Land, a region of Antarctica. They were named by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 1994 in connection with the adjacent Alph River, an earlier name inspired by a poem of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Kubla Khan....
and east of the snout of Ward Glacier
Ward Glacier
Ward Glacier is a small glacier between Terminus Mountain and Howchin Glacier on the east side of the Royal Society Range in Victoria Land. Named by Taylor of the British Antarctic Expedition for L. Ward, a Tasmanian geologist....
in the Denton Hills
Denton Hills
The Denton Hills are a group of rugged foothills, 24 nautical miles long SW-NE and 9 nautical miles wide, to the east of Royal Society Range on Scott Coast, Victoria Land. The feature comprises a series of E-trending ridges and valleys circumscribed by Howchin Glacier, Armitage Saddle, Blue...
, Scott Coast
Scott Coast
Scott Coast is that portion of the coast of Victoria Land between Cape Washington and Minna Bluff. Named by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1961 after Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Royal Navy, leader of the Discovery expedition and the British Antarctic Expedition , who lost his...
, Antarctica. Named by US-ACAN (1994) in association with Ward Glacier and Ward Lake
Ward Lake
Ward Lake is a small lake, formed at the snout of the Ward Glacier, on the east side of the Royal Society Range in Victoria Land. Named by the Terra Nova Expedition after Ward Glacier....
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