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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Del Viento, Valle (CHL) | 68° 37' 00.0" S | 66° 50' 00.0" W | Valley |
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Name ID: 105428
Place ID: 16144
La BGLE al mando de John Rymill, 1934-1937, le puso Windy Valley, debido a los fuertes vientos que descienden del alto plateau y que soplan hacia afuera de este valle con mucha fuerza. La Expedición Antártica Chilena de 1947 lo denominó Valle Borrascoso y así figuró en cartas de ese año. En 1962, se cambió a valle Del Viento, que es la traducción del nombre original de Rymill y permite aprovechar su condición de nombre descriptivo. Valle llenado por un glaciar, que se abre hacia bahía Margarita, en la costa W de la península Tierra de O'Higgins, y que permite acceso, vía su boca, al área del plateau y a la depresión conocida como The Traffic Circle. |
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| Ventoso, valle (ARG) | 68° 37' 00.0" S | 67° 00' 00.0" W | Valley |
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| Windy Valley (GBR) | 68° 37' 00.0" S | 66° 46' 00.0" W | Valley |
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Name ID: 111973
Place ID: 16144
glacier-filled valley running W into Dee Ice Piedmont, Mikkelsen Bay, Fallières Coast, was roughly surveyed by BGLE in September 1936 and so named because of the strong katabatic winds that blow out of this valley (Rymill, 1938b; BA chart 3175, 1.iii.1940; Stephenson, 1940, map facing p.232; [referring in error to Clarke Glacier, q.v.] USHO, 1943, photograph facing p.162; [correctly indicated] APC, 1955, p.22; DCS 601 sheet 6866, 1955; DOS 610 sheet W 6866, 1963). Valle Borrascoso [=stormy valley] (Chile. DNH chart LIII, 1947). The valley was resurveyed in its lower part by FIDS from "Stonington Island", 1948-49. Valle Windy (Argentina. MM chart 109, 1949). Valle Ventoso [translation of English name] (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.305; Pierrou, 1970, p.711). The valley was surveyed in its upper part by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in December 1958. Cape Windy, referring to a point on the coast W of the valley (BA, 1961, p.205). Valle del Viento [translation of English name] (Chile. DNH, 1962, p.201; IHA, 1974, p.98). |
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| Windy Valley (USA) | 68° 37' 00.0" S | 66° 50' 00.0" W | Valley |
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Name ID: 133787
Place ID: 16144
Glacier-filled valley opening onto the N part of Mikkelsen Bay on the W coast of Graham Land and providing access via its head to the plateau, Lammers Glacier and the Traffic Circle area. So named by the BGLE under Rymill, 1934-37, because of the strong winds which descend from the high plateau and blow out of this valley with great force. |
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