Name details

Snow Valley

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 114412

Feature type: Valley (2g)

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A valley which forms the Backdoor Bay end of the usual overland route to Cape Evans from Cape Royds. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME13

Named For

Descriptively named by the British Antarctic Expedition (Nimrod expedition, BAE), 1907-09.

Location

Latitude:

77° 33' 10.0" S

-77.55279°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

166° 19' 15.8" E

166.32105°

Unknown precision

Altitude:

215 m

Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

LINZ AntTopo50 series

Source Identifier:

ME13 : Edition 1.01 Published 2014

Source Scale:

1:50000

Source Institution:

Unknown

Source Person:

Unknown

Source Publisher:

LINZ

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

1-Jan-1958

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Aus_display_scale_250k:	No	Aus_display_scale_100k:	No
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