Friedmann Valley (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Friedmann Valley (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Valley
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
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One of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, located west of Rector Ridge at the head of Beacon Valley, in Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. Approximately 4km long. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MG07
Named in 1992 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after E. Imre Friedmann, biologist, Polar Desert Research Center, Florida State University, who in virtually every austral summer, 1976-87, lead U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) field parties in the study of microorganisms in rocks of the McMurdo Dry Valleys. His wife, Roseli Ocampo-Friedmann, was a member of the field party in the last four seasons.
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