Metaris Valley
| Metaris Valley | ||
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| location | Australian Antarctic Territory , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Britannia Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 80 ° 5 ′ 0 ″ S , 156 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Metaris Valley is a small, round and steep-walled mountain basin in the Australian Antarctic Territory . In the Britannia Range lies the valley , which is occupied by the remains of a firn field , west of Derrick Peak .
The team of New Zealand geologists the University of Waikato , which carried out in this area from 1978 to 1979 studies, named the valley after the estuary Metaris from Roman times that than today The Wash is known.
Web links
- Metaris Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Metaris Valley on geographic.org (English)