Columnar Valley
| Columnar Valley | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Royal Society Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Columnar Valley (English for Säulental ) is a valley with northwest-southeast orientation in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the northwestern section of the Royal Society Range , it lies between The Handle ridge and Table Mountain .
Alan Sherwood, head of the New Zealand Geological Survey campaign, which ran from 1987 to 1988 , gave it its descriptive name, which is derived from the dolerite columns in the wall of the valley.
Web links
- Columnar Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Columnar Valley on geographic.org (English)