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)
Meteorite Valley (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Meteorite Valley (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Valley (2g)
This name originates from Italy. It is part of the Italy Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The valley cross the South part of Frontier Mountain in SW-NE direction. It is 2.5 km long with a width variable from 1 to 1.8 km. The height varies from 2300 to 1900m a.s.l., while the lateral rocky slopes have a height of about 2600m. Named in 1984 by German geologists who found there a great concentration of meteorites.
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