Arena Valley () is an 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 over ...
, between
East Beacon and
New Mountain, which opens to the south side of
Taylor Glacier
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The Taylor Glacier is an Antarctic glacier about long, flowing from the plateau of Victoria Land into the western end of Taylor Valley, north of the Kukri Hills, south of the Asgard Range. The middle part of the glacier is bounded on ...
in
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. I ...
. It was given this descriptive name by the
Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition The Antarctic Research Centre (ARC) is part of the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington. Its mission is to research " Antarctic climate history and processes, and their influence on the global clim ...
(VUWAE), 1958–59.
See also
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Ashtray Basin Ashtray Basin () is a small basin near the head of Arena Valley in Victoria Land. It was named by a field party of the University of New South Wales, Australia
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References
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Valleys of Victoria Land
McMurdo Dry Valleys
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