Bell Valley (Antarctica)

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Bell Valley
location Ellsworthland , West Antarctica
Mountains Enterprise Hills , Heritage Range , Ellsworth Mountains
Geographical location 79 ° 51 '0 "  S , 82 ° 0' 0"  W Coordinates: 79 ° 51 '0 "  S , 82 ° 0' 0"  W.
Bell Valley (Antarctica)
Bell Valley

Bell Valley is a small ice-free valley in the east of the Enterprise Hills in West Antarctica . The valley lies south of Shoemaker Peak and Urban Point and extends west to northeast.

It was named by a geological research expedition from the University of Minnesota after the helicopters made by Bell Helicopter , which were used by the expedition in 1963-64 to explore the area.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Bell Valley ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 16, 2010.