Hallet Valley
| Hallet Valley | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Asgard Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Type | Antarctic dry valley | |
The Hallet Valley is a valley in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Western Asgard Range , it lies between the Medley Ridge and the Vortex Col .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the valley in 2004 after the US geophysicist Bernard Hallet of the University of Washington , who carried out surface stability studies in the Antarctic dry valleys between 1995 and 2002 as part of the United States Antarctic Program .
Web links
- Hallet Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hallet Valley on geographic.org (English)