Name details

Broady Valley

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 135615

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.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A steeply inclined ice filled valley 2.5km long lying west of Lanyon Peak in Saint Johns Range, Victoria Land. The valley opens southwest to the snout of Victoria Upper Glacier. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MD08

Named For

Named by the New Zealand Geographic Board after Paul Broady, a notable scientist in his field, who worked in this area on terrestrial microbial biology. At the time of naming Paul worked for the University of Canterbury and had previously worked for British Antarctic Survey on Signy Island (1970s), with the Australian Antarctic programme (early 1980’s), and the New Zealand programme for eight seasons from 1981, on Mount Erebus, Marie Byrd Land, Mount Melbourne and La Gorce Peak, as well as the Granite Harbour area.

Location

Latitude:
77° 15' 19.2" S
-77.25533°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
161° 36' 31.7" E
161.60880°
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Altitude:
981 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 17_35 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
20-Oct-2005

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