Ashtray Basin () is a small basin near the head of

Arena Valley Arena Valley () is an ice-free valley, between East Beacon and New Mountain, which opens to the south side of Taylor Glacier in Victoria Land. It was given this descriptive name by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition The An ...

Victoria Land Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. It ...

. It was named by a field party of the

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, that worked in this area in 1966–67. The name is reported to be descriptive of characteristic formations on the site.

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* Structural basins of Antarctica Landforms of Victoria Land Scott Coast {{ScottCoast-geo-stub