Name details

Koenig Valley

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139573

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.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

An ice-free valley between Mount Thor and Mount Freya in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MF07

Named For

Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Ervon R. Koenig, scientific leader at McMurdo Station with the winter-over party in 1972 and station manager there in the 1973-74 and 1974-75 seasons.

Location

Latitude:
77° 36' 12.8" S
-77.60354°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
160° 46' 57.1" E
160.78253°
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Altitude:
1513 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MF07 : Edition 1.01 Published 2013
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
4-Nov-1976

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