Caffin Valley
| Caffin Valley | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Willett Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Caffin Valley is a kar-like valley in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Willett Range it is between Mount Bastion and the Gibson Spur .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named in 1985 by the New Zealand historian James Maurice Maitland Caffin (* 1912), 1973-1984 editor of Antarctic of the New Zealand Antarctic Society .
Web links
- Caffin Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Caffin Valley on geographic.org (English)