Name details

Nibelungen Valley

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 140362

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 extending from Mount Carnes in the south for approximately 7.3km to open to the South Fork of Wright Valley, just west of Plane Table, in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MF08

Named For

Nibelungen is one in a group of mythological names in the range given by NZ-APC. Siegfried Peak, Siegmund Peak, for characters in Der Ring des Nibelungen, and various Nordic gods may be found in the vicinity.

Location

Latitude:
77° 37' 00.0" S
-77.61667°
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Longitude:
161° 20' 00.0" E
161.33333°
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Altitude:
1486 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MF08 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
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:
17-May-1976

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