Sphinx Valley
| Sphinx Valley | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Royal Society Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 59 '0 " S , 162 ° 1' 0" E | |
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| length | 1.5 km | |
The Sphinx Valley is a shallow and 1.5 km long valley in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Royal Society Range , it runs northwest and parallel to the Columnar Valley and ends immediately west of the summit of Table Mountain .
Alan Sherwood, director of the New Zealand Geological Survey's 1987-1988 campaign , gave him his name. It is named after a rock formation on the north-western wall of the valley, which is reminiscent of an Egyptian sphinx .
Web links
- Sphinx Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sphinx Valley on geographic.org (English)