Name details

Grainger Valley

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2542

Feature type: Valley

Origin

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

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A valley about 22 km long and up to 2 km wide separating Manning Massif and McLeod Massif in the eastern part of the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Photographed from ANARE aircraft in 1956. The valley was crossed in February, 1969, by a survey party during the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey. Named after D. Grainger, geologist with the party, who also took part in the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey in 1970.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 44' 13.0" S
-70.73694°
Accurate to 50m
Longitude:
67° 54' 17.0" E
67.90472°
Accurate to 50m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Georeferenced Satellite Image
Source Name:
SPOT 5 11 January 2004
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id sp5xi10_265498_110104_ortho.bil not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
CNES
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
18-May-1971

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