Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Victoria Valley (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Victoria Valley (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Valley (2g)
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:
An extensive valley, now dry, formerly occupied by Victoria Glacier. Now occupied by Victoria Upper Lake in the west and Kite Stream flowing from Lower Victoria Glacier in the east to Lake Vida in the southern centre of the bend in the valley. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME08
Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1958-59, for their Alma Mater which sponsored the expedition.
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