Name details

Muchmore Valley

Muchmore Valley (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Muchmore Valley  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 136039

Feature type: Valley (2g)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A valley 6 mi long between Haskell Ridge and Colosseum Ridge in the Darwin Mountains. The valley is filled by ice except at the head, where flow from the Midnight Plateau icecap is insufficient to enter the valley. Named after Dr. Harold G. Muchmore of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, field leader for a long term project on biomedical aspects of human adaptation at the South Pole, 1970-83.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
79° 46' 00.0" S
-79.76667°
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Longitude:
156° 15' 00.0" E
156.25000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-2001

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