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Taylor Valley

Taylor Valley

Taylor Valley (77°37′S163°00′E / 77.617°S 163.000°E / -77.617; 163.000 (Taylor Valley)) is an ice-free valley about 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi) long, once occupied by the receding Taylor Glacier. It lies north of the Kukri Hills between the Taylor Glacier and New Harbour in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Taylor Valley is the southernmost of the three large McMurdo Dry Valleys in the Transantarctic Mountains, located west of McMurdo Sound.