Basecamp Valley
| Basecamp Valley | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Jones Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 73 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 94 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Basecamp Valley (English for base camp valley ) is a small and icy valley in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . It lies on the west side of the Avalanche Ridge in the Jones Mountains .
The valley was mapped by a team from the University of Minnesota to explore the Jones Mountains between 1960 and 1961, who built Camp Minnesota immediately north of the valley entrance.
Web links
- Basecamp Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Basecamp Valley on geographic.org (English)