Name details

Hidden Valley

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2537

Feature type: Valley

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

An elongated valley in the Vestfold Hills, 1.3 km long and 200 m wide trending SE to NW and draining an area of the northern side of the Sxrsdal Glacier. It flows into "Hidden Gorge" via a 900 bend to the north and thence to Crooked Lake. The floor has superb polygonal patterned ground.

Named For

Named in association with "Hidden Gorge".

Location

Latitude:
68° 36' 55.1" S
-68.61530°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
78° 27' 05.4" E
78.45150°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
49 m
Accurate to 5m

Images


©Richard 'Tubby' Seton 2009
Catalogue id
IA21903
Caption
Hidden Valley, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1200 feet. Looking Southwest.
Photographer
Seton, Richard

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
vest_hills_gis
Source Scale:
1:5000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Metadata for coordinates and origin of topographic data.

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
26-Jul-1983

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