Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Palisade Valley (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Palisade Valley (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Valley
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:
A valley, about 4 km long and 900 m high, dominated for its entire length by a large dolerite sill, about five km north of Bastion Hill in the Brown Hills. Discovered by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (1962-63). So named because of its resemblance to the Palisades bordering the Hudson River Valley near New York.
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