Roderick Valley
| Roderick Valley | ||
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 Topographic map from 1967 |
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| location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Pensacola Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 83 ° 31 ′ 40 " S , 57 ° 48 ′ 6" W | |
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The Roderick Valley is a large and icy valley in Queen Elizabeth Land, West Antarctica . In the Pensacola Mountains , it separates the Schmidt Hills and Williams Hills from the main massif of the Neptune Range in a north-south orientation .
The United States Geological Survey mapped the valley using its own surveys and aerial photographs by the United States Navy from 1956 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1968 after David Wallon Roderick (1920–1999) of the United States Air Force , Pilot and deputy chief of the United States Air Force Electronics Test Unit in the Pensacola Mountains from 1957 to 1958.
Web links
- Roderick Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Roderick Valley on geographic.org (English)