Walker Valley
| Walker Valley | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Charles Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 70 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ S , 67 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Walker Valley is a large, wide, snow- filled valley in Mac Robertson Land, East Antarctica . In the Aramis Range of the Prince Charles Mountains , it lies immediately west of the Manning Massif .
Aerial photographs of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) were used for its mapping. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it after Kevin George Walker (* 1927), assistant cook at Mawson Station in 1962 and assistant to an ANARE team for surveying the Prince Charles Mountains in 1970.
Web links
- Walker Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Walker Valley on geographic.org (English)