Wheeler Valley
| Wheeler Valley | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Saint Johns Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Type | Antarctic dry valley | |
The Wheeler Valley is an ice-free valley in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Saint Johns Range , it lies immediately east of Mount Mahony on the southwest flank of the Miller Glacier .
Participants in a 1959-1960 campaign as part of New Zealand's Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions , named it after Ralph H. Wheeler, geodesist and head of this campaign.
Web links
- Wheeler Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wheeler Valley on geographic.org (English)