Lichen Valley

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Lichen Valley
location Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica
Mountains Vestfold Mountains
Geographical location 68 ° 28 '48 "  S , 78 ° 25' 7"  E Coordinates: 68 ° 28 '48 "  S , 78 ° 25' 7"  E
Lichen Valley (Antarctica)
Lichen Valley
height 15  m

The Lichen Valley ( English for Flechtental ) is a 60 deep valley on the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . In the Vestfold Mountains , it is 1.25 km north of the Luncke Ridge .

The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it after the large number of different species of lichen found here .

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