LaPrade Valley
| LaPrade Valley | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 85 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ S , 174 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The LaPrade Valley is a 5 km long valley with steep rock walls and an ice-covered valley floor in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Cumulus Hills of the Queen Maud Mountains , it is north of the McGregor Glacier and immediately west of Rougier Hill .
Participants in the Texas Tech University expedition to the Shackleton Glacier (1964–1965) named the valley after Kerby E. LaPrade, then a student at the university and member of the expedition.
Web links
- LaPrade Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- LaPrade Valley on geographic.org (English)