Towle Valley
| Towle Valley | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Convoy Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 76 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Towle Valley is an ice-free valley in Victoria Land, East Antarctica . The valley, which was formerly occupied by the head end of the Towle Glacier , lies in the Convoy Range to the west of this glacier.
A New Zealand exploration team of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) mapped and named it. Namesake is the USNS Private John R. Towle , which in November 1956 had transported a large part of the New Zealand equipment and supplies to the destination of the research trip.
Web links
- Towle Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Towle Valley on geographic.org (English)