Poste Valley
| Poste Valley | ||
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| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ S , 71 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Poste Valley is a valley occupied by the ice masses of the Palestrina Glacier with a south-southeast-north-northwest orientation in the north of the Alexander I Island west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies between Mount Braun and the Landers Peaks .
Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey conducted surveys between 1975 and 1976. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1980 after Louis-Émile Poste (1876 – unknown), a stoker of the research vessel Français on the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903–1905) and second machinist on the Pourquoi-Pas? with the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908–1910), both under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot .
Web links
- Poste Valley in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)