Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Viking Valley (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Viking Valley (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Valley (2g)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A valley on the E side Mars Glacier containing a braided stream which feeds into Secret Lake, Alexander Island. This area was the prime research site of the 1992-93 Mars Glacier field party led by D. D. Wynn-Williams. Named by UK-APC in 1993 in association with Mars Glacier. The name "Viking" stems from the Viking Lander project of NASA which first searched for life on Mars in 1976.
No images of this place could be found.
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