Windy Gully
| Windy Gully | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Quartermain Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 52 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Windy Gully ( English for wind gutter ) is an icy valley between New Mountain and Terra Cotta Mountain on the south side of the Taylor Glacier in the Antarctic Victoria Land .
It was named by the members of the western group of the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) because of the strong winds that prevail there .
Web links
- Windy Gully in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Windy Gully on geographic.org (English)