Vernier Valley
| Vernier Valley | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Quartermain Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Vernier Valley is an ice-free valley in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located on the east side of Mount Blackwelder in the northeastern part of the Quartermain Mountains belonging Wilkins Mountains .
The New Zealand Geographic Board named it in 1992 after the English term for the vernier , a movable length scale to increase the accuracy of reading on measuring devices for lengths or angles.
Web links
- Vernier Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Vernier Valley on geographic.org (English)