Deep Snow Valley
| Deep Snow Valley | ||
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| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ S , 166 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Deep Snow Valley ( English for Tiefschneetal ) is a valley on Ross Island in Antarctica . It is 2.5 km inland from Cape Barne in the middle of the Barne Glacier near the Turret Cone . It represents an entrance from the coast of the island to the lower foothills of Mount Erebus .
The descriptive naming of the valley was made by participants in the Nimrod expedition (1907–1909) of the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton .
Web links
- Deep Snow Valley in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)