Green Valley (Antarctica)
| Green Valley | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Ford Massif , Thiel Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 85 ° 4 ′ 0 ″ S , 90 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Green Valley is a steep-walled valley filled with glacial ice in the west Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . It lies on the east side of the Ford Massif north of the Janulis Spur in the Thiel Mountains .
Peter Bermel and Arthur B. Ford , who jointly led a United States Geological Survey expedition to the Thiel Mountains from 1960 to 1961, named it after David H. Green, a participant in the expedition.
Web links
- Green Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Green Valley on geographic.org (English)