Berkey Valley
| Berkey Valley | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Cruzen Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 19 ′ 30 ″ S , 161 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| length | 1.5 km | |
The Berkey Valley is a 1.5 km long valley in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Cruzen Range , it is on the east side of Price Terrace . To the south it opens to the Barwick Valley .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names renamed it in 2005 by Frank T. Berkey from the Center for Atmospheric and Space Research at Utah State University , in 1982 and 1983 and from 1984 to 1985 for the United States Antarctic Program as a senior observers to study the ionosphere on the Siple Station and the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station .
Web links
- Berkey Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Berkey Valley on geographic.org (English)