North Fork
| North Fork | ||
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 The North Fork above the Dais (center) in the Wright Valley |
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The North Fork ( English for north fork ) is the northern of the two side valleys of the Wright Valley in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is separated from the southern side valley South Fork by the table mountain Dais .
The valley was named by participants in a 1958-1959 campaign as part of New Zealand's Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions .
Web links
- North Fork in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- North Fork on geographic.org