Beacon Valley
| Beacon Valley | ||
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 Beacon Valley in the middle of the QUARTERMAIN MTNS in the southeast of the map sheet |
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Quartermain Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 49 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Beacon Valley is an ice-free valley in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Quartermain Mountains , it is between Pyramid Mountain and Beacon Heights .
It was mapped by participants in the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott . It was named in a campaign carried out from 1958 to 1959 as part of New Zealand's Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions based on the naming of Beacon Heights.
Web links
- Beacon Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Beacon Valley on geographic.org (English)