Halozetes Valley
| Halozetes Valley | ||
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| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 49 ′ 5 ″ S , 57 ° 49 ′ 23 ″ W | |
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The Halozetes Valley is a river-traversed valley in the north of James Ross Island in the West Antarctic Weddell Sea . It runs east of the Panorama Pass between Berry Hill and the northern foothills of Cape Lachman on Herbert Sound .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1993 after the mite species Halozetes belgicae , which is represented here in large numbers.
Web links
- Halozetes Valley in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)