Jotunheim Valley
| Jotunheim Valley | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Asgard Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Jotunheim Valley is an elevated and largely ice-free valley in East Antarctica, Victoria Land . In the Asgard Range , it lies east of Wolak Peak and Utgard Peak . Saint Pauls Mountain rises at its head .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the valley in 1982, spelling incorrectly, after the Jötunheim , the "world of giants" from Norse mythology .
Web links
- Jotunheim Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Jotunheim Valley on geographic.org (English)