Handsley Valley
| Handsley Valley | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Quartermain Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Handsley Valley is a small and ice-free valley in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Quartermain Mountains , it is between Mount Handsley and the Knobhead .
The New Zealand Geographic Board named it in 1993 based on the name of Mount Handsley. Its namesake is Petty Officer Jesse Handsley (1876-1916) of the Royal Navy , a participant in the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott , who together with Scott and four other participants in 1903 a Explored the Ferrar and Taylor glaciers .
Web links
- Handsley Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Handsley Valley on geographic.org (English)