Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Miers Valley (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Miers Valley (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Valley
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:
A mostly ice-free valley in Denton Hills, extending from Miers Glacier to Koettlitz Glacier at Becker Point, Scott Coast. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MG10, MG11
Mapped and named by the British Antarctic Expedition (BrAE), 1910-13. Possibly for Edward John Miers, an authority on Crustacea who described many genera and species from the Ross expedition (1839-43), and the Challenger Expedition (1872-76).
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