Onnum Valley
| Onnum Valley | ||
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| location | Australian Antarctic Territory , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Britannia Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 80 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ S , 156 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Onnum Valley is a non-iced valley in the Australian Antarctic Territory . In the Britannia Range , it is between Derrick Peak and Onnum Ridge .
A New Zealand team of geologists from the University of Waikato , who worked in the area between 1978 and 1979, named the valley based on the name of Onnum Ridge. Its namesake is the ancient Roman riding fort Onnum in north-east England.
Web links
- Onnum Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Onnum Valley on geographic.org (English)