Moraine Canyon
| Moraine Canyon | ||
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 Map of the Nilsen Plateau with Moraine Canyon (above) |
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 86 ° 9 ′ S , 157 ° 30 ′ W | |
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| Type | Canyon | |
| length | 13 km | |
The Moraine Canyon is a deep-cut and 13 km long canyon in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Maud Mountains, it lies west of the Fram Mesa in the northern Nilsen Plateau .
The United States Geological Survey mapped the canyon using its own surveys and aerial photographs by the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after the moraine that occupies the canyon's valley floor.
Web links
- Moraine Canyon in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Moraine Canyon on geographic.org (English)