Deshler Valley
| Deshler Valley | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Saint Johns Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 46 ′ 15 ″ E | |
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| Type | Antarctic dry valley | |
The Deshler Valley is a largely ice-free valley in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It lies between the Spain Peak and the Morse Spur in the Saint Johns Range . To the south the valley opens to the Victoria Valley .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 2005 after the US atmospheric researcher Terry Deshler of the University of Wyoming , who was involved in 13 campaigns of the United States Antarctic Program between 1990 and 2004 to explore the ozone hole over Antarctica.
Web links
- Deshler Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Deshler Valley on geographic.org (English)