Miers Valley

Miers Valley (78°6′S 164°0′E / 78.100°S 164.000°E / -78.100; 164.000Coordinates: 78°6′S 164°0′E / 78.100°S 164.000°E / -78.100; 164.000) is a valley in the McMurdo Dry Valleys located just south of Marshall Valley and west of Koettlitz Glacier, on the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The valley is ice-free in the Austral summer except for Miers Glacier and Adams Glacier in its upper (western) part,[1] and Lake Miers near its center. It was mapped and named by Robert Falcon Scott's British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13,[2] possibly after Edward J. Miers, a marine biologist from the British Museum (Natural History) who examined crustacea from the Erebus and Terror expeditions.[3] A hut stood in the valley from 1984–94.[4]

Miers Stream (78°7′S 164°9′E / 78.117°S 164.150°E / -78.117; 164.150) is named in association with Miers Valley.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.jamescairdsociety.com/shackleton-news.php?id=102228
  2. ↑ "Miers Valley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  3. ↑ http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Bio22Tuat03-t1-body-d1.html
  4. ↑ http://eies.ats.aq/Ats.IE/ieGenRpt.aspx?idParty=27&period=3

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