Gentle Valley
| Gentle Valley | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Convoy Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 76 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Gentle Valley is a valley in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Convoy Range , it is a distinctive and deep mountain basin at the head of the Gentle Glacier . There is a small lake in the valley floor. A tongue of smooth blue ice of the flight deck firn field flows into this valley from the south between Barrett Bluff and Mount Razorback .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after the name of the glacier of the same name.
Web links
- Gentle Valley in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)