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466:. An ice-free hill at 931 metres (3,054 ft) standing 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) southwest of Janosy Hill, in the Porter Hills, Scott Coast. Named by US-ACAN (1994) after Terry J. Wilson, a geologist with the Byrd Polar Research Center geological party in Victoria Land, 1989-90. Royal Society Range, 1991-92, a principal investigator in United States Antarctic Project (United States ArmyP) Transantarctic Mountains deformation network research over several field seasons through 2005-06. 44: 268: 428:. A series of ice-free hills which rise to 931 metres (3,054 ft) in Wilson Hill and extend west-east between Hidden Valley and Ward Valley. Named by US-ACAN (1994) after Raymond C. Porter, Electronics Technician, USCG, a crewman of United States Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Glacier, who was killed in an offloading accident at McMurdo Station, February 8, 1979. 51: 893: 722: 897: 726: 352:. A meltwater stream from the Ward Glacier. It flows eastward through Ward Valley and Ward Lake into Alph Lake. Named by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) (1994) in association with Ward Glacier and Ward Lake. 508:
in the Porter Hills. Named by US-ACAN (1994) after Robert J. Janosy, a geologist with the Byrd Polar Research Center geological field party to the Royal Society Range, 1991-92.
390:. A small lake, formed at the snout of the Ward Glacier, on the east side of the Royal Society Range in Victoria Land. Named by the BrAE (1910-13) after Ward Glacier. 94: 311: 310:. Small glacier between Terminus Mountain and Howchin Glacier on the east side of the Royal Society Range in Victoria Land. Named by Taylor of the 883: 846: 825: 772: 751: 730: 143: 550:. Named by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) in 1994 in connection with the adjacent Alph River, an earlier name inspired by the 1816 work 874: 837: 816: 763: 742: 869: 832: 811: 758: 737: 43: 916: 901: 879: 842: 821: 768: 747: 188:, Antarctica. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN; 1994) in association with Ward Glacier and Ward Lake. 518: 87: 438: 400: 180:) is an ice-free valley that lies between Porter Hills and Xanadu Hills and east of the snout of Ward Glacier in the 476: 324: 205: 362: 282: 229: 557: 921: 267: 201: 853: 795: 256: 251: 213: 246: 779: 505: 209: 910: 704: 569: 197: 181: 565: 185: 552: 547: 80: 533: 520: 491: 478: 453: 440: 415: 402: 377: 364: 339: 326: 297: 284: 159: 145: 110: 96: 17: 241: 561: 266: 560:. The name Xanadu used in the poem is an archaic romanisation of 504:. A hill rising to 913 metres (2,995 ft) high just west of 622: 620: 712:(2 ed.), United States Board on Geographic Names 546:. A ridge of hills lying between Ward Valley and the 86: 76: 71: 32: 611: 686: 650: 599: 8: 674: 662: 638: 587: 314:(BrAE) for L. 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Ward Glacier
Ward Valley is located in Antarctica
Antarctica
Coordinates
78°10′00″S 163°37′00″E / 78.1666667°S 163.6166667°E / -78.1666667; 163.6166667 (Ward Valley)
78°10′00″S 163°37′00″E / 78.1666667°S 163.6166667°E / -78.1666667; 163.6166667 (Ward Valley)
Denton Hills
Scott Coast
Denton Hills
McMurdo Dry Valleys
Hidden Valley
Howchin Glacier
Koettlitz Glacier
OpenStreetMap
KML
GPX (all coordinates)
GPX (primary coordinates)
GPX (secondary coordinates)

78°10′S 163°27′E / 78.167°S 163.450°E / -78.167; 163.450
British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13
78°11′00″S 163°42′00″E / 78.1833333°S 163.7°E / -78.1833333; 163.7
78°10′S 163°35′E / 78.167°S 163.583°E / -78.167; 163.583
78°09′29″S 163°38′42″E / 78.15805°S 163.64499°E / -78.15805; 163.64499
78°09′43″S 163°41′58″E / 78.16189°S 163.69957°E / -78.16189; 163.69957
78°09′00″S 163°44′00″E / 78.15°S 163.7333333°E / -78.15; 163.7333333
Mirabilite Pond
78°11′00″S 163°32′00″E / 78.1833333°S 163.5333333°E / -78.1833333; 163.5333333
Alph River
Kubla Khan

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