Greenwood Valley
| Greenwood Valley | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Greenwood Valley is an icy valley on the western flank of the Wilson Piedmont Glacier between the Staeffler Ridge and Mount Doorly in East Antarctic Victoria Land .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1964 after Russell A. Greenwood of the United States Navy , who was in charge of the heavy equipment at McMurdo Station in 1962.
Web links
- Greenwood Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Greenwood Valley on geographic.org (English)