Heil Valley
| Heil Valley | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Head Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 11 ′ 30 ″ S , 160 ° 4 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| length | 2.5 km | |
The Heil Valley is an ice-free and 2.5 km long valley in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Head Mountains , it is located in the northern part of Mount Littlepage .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 2008 after Joseph J. Heil III., From 1993 head of the communication center at McMurdo Station in eleven summer campaigns and from 1987 to 2007 for the United States Antarctic Program .
Web links
- Heil Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Heil Valley on geographic.org (English)