Meteorite Valley
| Meteorite Valley | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Outback Nunatakker , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 72 ° 59 ′ 19 ″ S , 160 ° 24 ′ 35 ″ E | |
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| height | 2300 m | |
| length | 2.5 km | |
The Meteorite Valley ( English for Meteoritental ) is a 2.5 km long and between 1.0 and 1.8 km wide valley in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the outback nunatak core , it cuts through the southern part of Frontier Mountain in a southwest-northeast orientation. It is between 1900 and 2300 m altitude, while the slopes flanking it reach up to 2600 m .
German geologists named it in 1984 after the numerous meteorites found here .
Web links
- Meteorite Valley in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)