Taylor Valley
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 Satellite photo of the Taylor Valley with an enlarged view of Lake Bonney |
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica |
| Waters | Lake Bonney , Lake Fryxell , Lake Chad , Lake Popplewell , Mummy Pond , Parera Pond |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 37 ′ S , 163 ° 0 ′ E |
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| length | 28 km |
The Taylor Valley is the southernmost of the three large Antarctic dry valleys in East Antarctic Victoria Land . The approximately 28 km long and 6 km wide valley stretches from the Taylor Glacier in the west to the Scott coast at McMurdo Sound in the east. It was once completely occupied by the named glacier. There are several lakes in the Taylor Valley. The Bonneysee lies in the west and the Fryxellsee in the east of the valley. In between are the Hoaresee , the Tschadsee , the Popplewellsee , the Mummy Pond and the Parera Pond . The valley is separated from the Wright Valley in the north by the Asgard Range and from the Ferrar Glacier in the south by the Kukri Hills .
The Taylor Valley is located in Specially Managed Area No. 2 (ASMA-2) "Antarctic Dry Valleys, Southern Victoria Land". It includes the Special Protected Area No. 131 (ASPA-131) "Canada Glacier, Fryxell Lake, Taylor Valley, Victoria Land" and parts of the Special Protected Area No. 172 (ASPA-172) "Lower Taylor Glacier and Blood Falls, Taylor Valley, Antarctic Dry Valleys, Victorialand ”.
Participants in the British Discovery Expedition (1901–1904) discovered it. It was explored during the Nimrod Expedition (1907–1909) and the Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913). It is named after the geologist Thomas Griffith Taylor (1880–1963), participant in the Terra Nova expedition.
See also
Web links
- Taylor Valley in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
- Map of the Antarctic Dry Valleys ( Memento from July 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Managed Area No 2: McMurdo Dry Valleys, Southern Victoria Land (PDF; 31.0 MB), Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, 2007 (English)
- ↑ Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 131: Canada Glacier, Lake Fryxell, Taylor Valley, Victoria Land (PDF; 472 kB), Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, 2007 (English)
- ↑ Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 172: Lower Taylor Glacier and Blood Falls, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land (PDF; 2.48 MB), Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty, 2007 (English)