Fenrir Valley
| Fenrir Valley | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Asgard Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Fenrir Valley is a small and mostly ice-free valley in East Antarctica Victoria Land . In the Asgard Range , it lies between the upper sections of the Heimdall and Rhone glaciers .
In 1976, following a joint decision by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee and the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, the valley, like numerous other objects in the Asgard Range, received a name from Norse mythology . Namesake is Fenrir , the wolf chained by the god Tyr .
Web links
- Fenrir Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Fenrir Valley on geographic.org (English)