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)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Viking Valley (GBR) | 71° 49' 00.0" S | 68° 20' 17.0" W | Valley |
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Name ID: 111776
Place ID: 15513
Valley on the E side of Mars Glacier, Alexander Island. Named after the NASA "Viking Lander" project that made the first search for life on Mars 1976 (APC, 1993). |
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| Viking Valley (USA) | 71° 53' 00.0" S | 68° 21' 00.0" W | Valley |
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Name ID: 133269
Place ID: 15513
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. |
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