Abus Valley
| Abus Valley | ||
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| location | Australian Antarctic Territory , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Britannia Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 79 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ S , 155 ° 5 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Abus Valley is an ice-free valley 5 km southeast of the Turnstile Ridge at the northern end of the Britannia Range in the Transantarctic Mountains .
The team of New Zealand geologists from the University of Waikato , who carried out surveys in this area between 1978 and 1979, named the valley after the name customarily used in Roman times for the English River Humber .
Web links
- Abus Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Abus Valley on geographic.org (English)