Priscu Valley () is an upland ice-free
valley
A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams ove ...
on the east side of
Prentice Plateau in Antarctica's
Olympus Range
Olympus Range () is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over , between Victoria and McKelvey Valleys on the north and Wright Valley on the south. It was mapped by the Victoria University of Wellington Antar ...
. The valley opens north to the head of
McKelvey Valley McKelvey Valley () is a valley between the western part of the Olympus Range and the Insel Range, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1958–59) for B.C. McKelvey, a geol ...
. Named by
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after
John C. Priscu, Department of
Biological Sciences
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,
Montana State University,
Bozeman, Montana;
United States Antarctic Program
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(USAP) investigator in the
McMurdo Dry Valleys
The McMurdo Dry Valleys are a row of largely snow-free valleys in Antarctica, located within Victoria Land west of McMurdo Sound. The Dry Valleys experience extremely low humidity and surrounding mountains prevent the flow of ice from nearby ...
, 1984–2002.
Valleys of Victoria Land
McMurdo Dry Valleys
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