Donner Valley
| Donner Valley | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Asgard Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Type | Antarctic dry valley | |
The Thunder Valley is a small, mainly ice-free valley in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is north-northeast of Mount Thundergut .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the valley based on the name of Mount Thundergut after the German word Donner for the English equivalent thunder .
Web links
- Donner Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Donner Valley on geographic.org (English)