Wall Valley
| Wall Valley | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Olympus Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 29 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Wall Valley is a high valley in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Olympus Range , it is east of the Priscu Valley . At the head end, the Minotaur Pass runs between Apollo Peak and Mount Electra . To the north the valley opens to the McKelvey Valley .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 2004 after the soil biologist Diana Wall (* 1943) from Colorado State University , who was active in 13 field research campaigns in the Antarctic dry valleys between 1989 and 2002 .
Web links
- Wall Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wall Valley on geographic.org (English)