Balaena Valley
| Balaena Valley | ||
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| location | Joinville Island ( Joinville Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 19 ′ 43 ″ S , 56 ° 23 ′ 19 ″ W | |
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The Balaena Valley is an icy valley with gently sloping side walls in the western part of Joinville Island off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is east of Suspiros Bay .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped it between 1953 and 1954. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after the whaling ship Balaena under Captain Alexander Fairweather (1847-1896), which during the Dundee Whaling Expedition (1892-1893) the Joinville Islands pay a visit.
Web links
- Balaena Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Balaena Valley on geographic.org (English)