Flatiron Valley is a north-south
valley
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including a sub-glacial lake, located in the south part of the
Ganymede Heights
The Ganymede Heights consist of rounded ridges with extensive rock outcrops rising to about , between Jupiter Glacier and Ablation Valley on the eastern side of Alexander Island, Antarctica. They were mapped by the Directorate of Overseas Surv ...
, marginal to
Jupiter Glacier
Jupiter Glacier () is a glacier on the east coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica, long and wide at its mouth, which flows east into George VI Sound to the south of Ablation Valley. It was first photographed from the air on November 23, 1935, ...
, situated in eastern
Alexander Island
Alexander Island, which is also known as Alexander I Island, Alexander I Land, Alexander Land, Alexander I Archipelago, and Zemlja Alexandra I, is the largest island of Antarctica. It lies in the Bellingshausen Sea west of Palmer Land, Antarcti ...
,
Antarctica
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. The name derives from field work in 1978–79 by the Department of Geography,
University of Aberdeen
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,
Scotland
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, with
British Antarctic Survey
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support. It was named from the triangular slope facets between prominent gullies on the west side of the valley.
The site lies within
Antarctic Specially Protected Area
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(ASPA)
No.147.
See also
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Ablation Valley
Ablation Valley, also known as Ablation Bay, is a mainly ice-free valley on the east coast of Alexander Island, long, which is entered immediately south of Ablation Point, opens on George VI Sound and lies immediately north of Ganymede Heights. ...
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Erratic Valley
Erratic Valley is a short valley on Alexander Island, Antarctica, that joins Ablation Valley from the north. It was named from the large number of erratic igneous blocks observed in the valley by a University of Aberdeen field party which mapped ...
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Viking Valley
Viking Valley () is a valley lying on the east side of Mars Glacier containing a braided stream which feeds into Secret Lake, situated in the southeast corner of Alexander Island, Antarctica. This area was the prime research site of the 1992-93 ...
References
Valleys of Antarctica
Valleys of Alexander Island
Antarctic Specially Protected Areas
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