Merrell Valley is a valley in the

Convoy Range Convoy Range () is a broad mountain range in Antarctica. Much of the range has a nearly flat plateau-like summit, extending south from the Fry Saddle and ending at Mackay Glacier. The range has steep cliffs on its east side, but it slopes gently i ...

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 is officially described as:

A long, narrow ice-free valley in the
Convoy Range Convoy Range () is a broad mountain range in Antarctica. Much of the range has a nearly flat plateau-like summit, extending south from the Fry Saddle and ending at Mackay Glacier. The range has steep cliffs on its east side, but it slopes gently i ...
, running north from its head immediately east of
Mount Gunn Mount Gunn () is a very large mountain, high, standing in the Convoy Range about northwest of Mount Gran in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was photographed in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expe ...
into the
Greenville Valley Greenville Valley () is the large mainly ice-free valley lying south of Elkhorn Ridge in the Convoy Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. A lobe of the Northwind Glacier flows a short distance west into the mouth of the valley. Near the head of the va ...
. Mapped in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) of 1955–1958 was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole. It was the first expedition to reach the South ...
, 1956-58. Named by them after the USNS Private Joseph F. Merrell, a freighter in the main American convoy into McMurdo Sound in the 1956-57 season.Australian Antarctic Data Centre - Antarctic Gazetteer - Merrell Valley, SCAR Gazetteer Ref. No 9461
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Valleys of Victoria Land Scott Coast {{ScottCoast-geo-stub