Grant Valley () is a valley between the
Communication Heights and
Mount Ash in the
Darwin Mountains
The Darwin Mountains is a group of mountains between the Darwin and Hatherton glaciers in Antarctica. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) and named for Major Leonard Darwin, at that time Honorary Secretary of the R ...
of Antarctica. A lobe of ice from
Hatherton Glacier
Hatherton Glacier is a large glacier flowing from the Antarctic polar plateau generally eastward along the south side of the Darwin Mountains and entering Darwin Glacier at Junction Spur. It was mapped by the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwe ...
occupies the mouth of the valley. It was named after
Bettie Kathryn Grant, Information Systems Supervisor at
South Pole Station
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west.
Etymology
The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz ...
. She made 11 deployments to Antarctica, 1990–2001, the last 10 to South Pole Station where she wintered, 1993.
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References
Valleys of Oates Land
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