SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Polygon Valley

Polygon Valley (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Polygon Valley (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 11451
Name ID: 2540

Feature type: Valley

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

The valley in the Vestfold Hills is between 100-200 m wide and is 1 km long trending SSW to NNE.

Named For

The floor is more or less flat with superb polygonal patterned ground. The valley is named for this pattern.

Location

Latitude:

68° 36' 54.4" S

-68.61510°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

78° 28' 24.2" E

78.47340°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

70 m

Accurate to 5m

Images

©Rick Oates 2009

Catalogue id: IA21979
Caption: Polygon Valley, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1000 feet. Looking Southwest.
Photographer: Oates, Rick

Map

Source

Location Method:

Topographic data

Source Name:

Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset

Source Identifier:

vest_hills_gis

Source Scale:

1:5000

Source Institution:

Australian Antarctic Division

Source Person:

Brolsma

Source Publisher:

Australian Antarctic Division

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

Metadata for coordinates and origin of topographic data.

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

3-Dec-1984

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