Njord Valley
| Njord Valley | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Asgard Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Njord Valley is a high-altitude, mainly ice-free and 3 km long valley in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Asgard Range , it is east of Oliver Peak .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the valley in 1982 at the suggestion of the soil scientist Graeme Geoffrey Carré Claridge (* 1931) from the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research . Namesake is Njörðr , father of the goddess Freya from Norse mythology .
Web links
- Njord Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Njord Valley on geographic.org (English)