Orestes Valley
| Orestes Valley | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Olympus Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Orestes Valley is a small and ice-free valley in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Olympus Range , it is on the north side of Mount Orestes .
The US geologist Parker E. Calkin (1933-2017) named it in 1964 based on the name of Mount Orestes . Its namesake is Orestes , a figure from Greek mythology .
Web links
- Orestes Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Orestes Valley on geographic.org (English)