Miers Valley
| Miers Valley | ||
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 The Miers Valley with the Adams Glacier (middle) and the Miers Glacier (right) |
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Denton Hills , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 78 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ S , 164 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Miers Valley is a valley immediately south of the Marshall Valley and west of the Koettlitz Glacier on the Scott coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . Apart from the Miers Glacier in the upper section and the centrally located Lake Miers, the valley is ice-free.
The valley was mapped and named by participants in the Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott . The namesake is unknown.
Web links
- Miers Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Miers Valley on geographic.org (English)