Miers Valley () 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
Miers Valley () 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 Adam ...
and
Adams Glacier in its upper (western) part,
[ and ]Lake Miers
Lake Miers () is a small lake in Miers Valley, Antarctica, lying east of the snouts of Miers Glacier
Miers Valley () is a valley in the McMurdo Dry Valleys located just south of Marshall Valley and west of Koettlitz Glacier, on the coast of V ...
near its center. Penance Pass
Miers Valley () 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 ...
connects it to the valley of Shangri-la.
It was mapped and named by Robert Falcon Scott's British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13,[ possibly after ]Edward J. Miers
Edward John Miers Zoological Society of London, FZS Fellow of the Linnean Society, FLS (1851– 15 October 1930) was a British zoologist and curator of the crustacean collection at the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum in Lond ...
, a marine biologist from the British Museum (Natural History) who examined crustacea from the ''Erebus'' and ''Terror'' expeditions.[ A hut stood in the valley from 1984–94.][
Miers Stream () is named in association with Miers Valley. A small elevated valley called ]The Altiplano
The Altiplano () is a small elevated valley between Findlay Ridge and Miers Valley. It was named by a New Zealand Geographical Society (NZGS) field party to the area, 1977–78, after the much larger intermontane plateau of the Andes Mountains
...
sits roughly between Findlay Ridge Findlay Ridge () is a broad ridge which rises to between Miers Valley and Hidden Valley in the Denton Hills of the Scott Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board (1994) after New Zealand geologist Robert ...
and Miers Valley.
References
Valleys of Victoria Land
McMurdo Dry Valleys
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