Brock Gully () is a valley one nautical mile (2 km) south of
Windwhistle Peak in the
Allan Hills of
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 ...
,
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...
. It was reconnoitered by the
New Zealand Antarctic Research Program Allan Hills Expedition (1964) who named it after the dialect name for a
badger because of the resemblance to badger country in parts of England.
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See also
*Todd Gully
Todd Gully () is a valley about 0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km) west of Brock Gully in the Allan Hills, Oates Land. Reconnoitered by the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) Allan Hills Expedition
Allan may refer to:
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Valleys of Oates Land
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