Forbidden Valley
| Forbidden Valley | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 85 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ S , 154 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Forbidden Valley (English for Forbidden Valley ) is a valley in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Hays Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains , it is south of Citadel Peak . The valley, occupied in parts by glacial ice and a moraine , opens east-northeast of Mount Crockett to the Scott Glacier .
A team led by geologist Edmund Stump (* 1946) from Arizona State University visited the valley in December 1987 as part of the United States Antarctic Research Program . Said moraine made access difficult, which contributed to the naming.
Web links
- Forbidden Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Forbidden Valley on geographic.org (English)