Name details

Shallow Valley

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139279

Feature type: Valley

Origin

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

Narrative

A shallow valley descending from Mount Erebus Inner Crater to near the Lower Erebus Hut and Helo Cliffs. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-ME14; L&S37/106 (1981) [a detailed topographic survey at 1:5000 scale].

Named For

This is one of a list of features on the summit of Mount Erebus proposed in 1977. They are generally descriptive names and were in use publications made at the time. The names were later incorporated into the L&S37/106 maps (1981), a detailed topographic survey at 1:5000 scale.

Location

Latitude:
77° 31' 11.2" S
-77.51977°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
167° 09' 57.7" E
167.16604°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
3548 m
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
ME14
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Position also checked against REMA 2m satellite strip SETSM_WV01_20161103_102001005AC48F00_1020010058EBA800_seg4_2m_v1.0_dem. Height at position of reference point.

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
15-Sep-1977

Display Scales

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