LaPrade Valley () is a valley in the
Cumulus Hills The Cumulus Hills () are several groups of largely barren hills in Antarctica. Divided by the Logie Glacier, they are bounded by Shackleton Glacier on the west, McGregor Glacier on the north and Zaneveld Glacier on the south. The exposed rock in ...
of Antarctica with steep rock walls and ice-covered floor, about long, extending north to
McGregor Glacier McGregor Glacier () is a tributary glacier, long and wide, draining the southwest slopes of the Prince Olav Mountains in Antarctica, and flowing west to enter Shackleton Glacier just north of the Cumulus Hills. It was named by the Southern Part ...
, just west of
Rougier Hill. It was named by the
Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition The Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition took place first from 1962/63 and then again from 1964/65. The expedition, led by F. Alton Wade, was sponsored by Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University). It explored areas of Antarctica. ...
(1964–65) for
Kerby E. LaPrade, a graduate student at
Texas Technological College
Texas Tech University (Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU) is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas. Established on , and called Texas Technological College until 1969, it is the main institution of the five-institution Texas Tech University Sy ...
, and a member of the expedition.
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Valleys of the Ross Dependency
Dufek Coast
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