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33: 257: 455:. An ice-free hill at 931 metres (3,054 ft) standing 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) southwest of Janosy Hill, in the Porter Hills, Scott Coast. Named by US-ACAN (1994) after Terry J. Wilson, a geologist with the Byrd Polar Research Center geological party in Victoria Land, 1989-90. Royal Society Range, 1991-92, a principal investigator in United States Antarctic Project (United States ArmyP) Transantarctic Mountains deformation network research over several field seasons through 2005-06. 40: 882: 711: 417:. A series of ice-free hills which rise to 931 metres (3,054 ft) in Wilson Hill and extend west-east between Hidden Valley and Ward Valley. Named by US-ACAN (1994) after Raymond C. Porter, Electronics Technician, USCG, a crewman of United States Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Glacier, who was killed in an offloading accident at McMurdo Station, February 8, 1979. 341:. A meltwater stream from the Ward Glacier. It flows eastward through Ward Valley and Ward Lake into Alph Lake. Named by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) (1994) in association with Ward Glacier and Ward Lake. 886: 715: 497:
in the Porter Hills. Named by US-ACAN (1994) after Robert J. Janosy, a geologist with the Byrd Polar Research Center geological field party to the Royal Society Range, 1991-92.
379:. A small lake, formed at the snout of the Ward Glacier, on the east side of the Royal Society Range in Victoria Land. Named by the BrAE (1910-13) after Ward Glacier. 83: 299:. Small glacier between Terminus Mountain and Howchin Glacier on the east side of the Royal Society Range in Victoria Land. Named by Taylor of the 132: 539:. Named by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) in 1994 in connection with the adjacent Alph River, an earlier name inspired by the 1816 work 858: 821: 800: 747: 726: 300: 872: 835: 814: 761: 740: 719: 177:, Antarctica. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN; 1994) in association with Ward Glacier and Ward Lake. 863: 826: 805: 752: 731: 507: 32: 905: 427: 389: 169:) is an ice-free valley that lies between Porter Hills and Xanadu Hills and east of the snout of Ward Glacier in the 465: 313: 890: 868: 831: 810: 757: 736: 351: 271: 218: 76: 194: 842: 784: 245: 546: 240: 235: 910: 768: 8: 190: 202: 693: 256: 494: 198: 899: 522: 509: 480: 467: 442: 429: 404: 391: 366: 353: 328: 315: 286: 273: 148: 134: 99: 85: 558: 230: 186: 170: 554: 174: 541: 536: 69: 221: 550: 549:. The name Xanadu used in the poem is an archaic romanisation of 493:. A hill rising to 913 metres (2,995 ft) high just west of 594: 669: 633: 611: 609: 582: 657: 645: 621: 570: 701:(2 ed.), United States Board on Geographic Names 606: 535:. A ridge of hills lying between Ward Valley and the 897: 767: 600: 857: 783: 725: 675: 639: 588: 841: 820: 799: 746: 663: 651: 627: 576: 303:(BrAE) for L. Ward, a Tasmanian geologist. 873:United States Department of the Interior 847:, AADC: Australian Antarctic Data Centre 836:United States Department of the Interior 815:United States Department of the Interior 789:, AADC: Australian Antarctic Data Centre 762:United States Department of the Interior 741:United States Department of the Interior 255: 773:, USGS: United States Geological Survey 720:United States Board on Geographic Names 691: 615: 898: 301:British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13 201:to the southwest. 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(1995), 458: 420: 306: 1: 564: 16:Ice-free valley in Antarctica 344: 7: 260:Ward Valley in north of map 246:GPX (secondary coordinates) 208: 180: 10: 927: 684: 523:78.1833333°S 163.5333333°E 149:78.1666667°S 163.6166667°E 100:78.1666667°S 163.6166667°E 241:GPX (primary coordinates) 216:Map all coordinates using 75: 65: 60: 26: 21: 906:Valleys of Victoria Land 553:, the summer capital of 528:-78.1833333; 163.5333333 224:Download coordinates as: 154:-78.1666667; 163.6166667 105:-78.1666667; 163.6166667 547:Samuel Taylor Coleridge 887:public domain material 716:public domain material 443:78.16189°S 163.69957°E 405:78.15805°S 163.64499°E 261: 185:Ward Valley is in the 481:78.15°S 163.7333333°E 259: 236:GPX (all coordinates) 197:to the northeast and 601:Mount Discovery USGS 448:-78.16189; 163.69957 410:-78.15805; 163.64499 329:78.1833333°S 163.7°E 519: /  486:-78.15; 163.7333333 477: /  439: /  401: /  363: /  325: /  283: /  191:McMurdo Dry Valleys 189:. It is one of the 144: /  95: /  367:78.167°S 163.583°E 334:-78.1833333; 163.7 287:78.167°S 163.450°E 262: 205:to the southeast. 193:. It lies between 676:Xanadu Hills USGS 640:Porter Hills AADC 589:Denton Hills USGS 203:Koettlitz Glacier 124: 123: 918: 884: 883: 875: 854: 853: 852: 838: 817: 796: 795: 794: 780: 779: 778: 764: 743: 713: 712: 708: 707: 706: 700: 679: 673: 667: 664:Janosy Hill USGS 661: 655: 652:Wilson Hill AADC 649: 643: 637: 631: 628:Ward Stream USGS 625: 619: 613: 604: 598: 592: 586: 580: 577:Ward Valley USGS 574: 545:by English poet 534: 533: 531: 530: 529: 524: 520: 517: 516: 515: 512: 492: 491: 489: 488: 487: 482: 478: 475: 474: 473: 470: 454: 453: 451: 450: 449: 444: 440: 437: 436: 435: 432: 416: 415: 413: 412: 411: 406: 402: 399: 398: 397: 394: 378: 377: 375: 374: 373: 372:-78.167; 163.583 368: 364: 361: 360: 359: 356: 340: 339: 337: 336: 335: 330: 326: 323: 322: 321: 318: 298: 297: 295: 294: 293: 292:-78.167; 163.450 288: 284: 281: 280: 279: 276: 168: 167: 165: 164: 163: 161: 156: 155: 150: 145: 142: 141: 140: 137: 119: 118: 116: 115: 114: 112: 107: 106: 101: 96: 93: 92: 91: 88: 42: 41: 35: 19: 18: 926: 925: 921: 920: 919: 917: 916: 915: 896: 895: 881: 878: 850: 848: 792: 790: 776: 774: 770:Mount Discovery 710: 704: 702: 698: 687: 682: 674: 670: 662: 658: 650: 646: 638: 634: 626: 622: 614: 607: 599: 595: 587: 583: 575: 571: 567: 527: 525: 521: 518: 513: 510: 508: 506: 505: 503: 495:Mirabilite Pond 485: 483: 479: 476: 471: 468: 466: 464: 463: 461: 447: 445: 441: 438: 433: 430: 428: 426: 425: 423: 409: 407: 403: 400: 395: 392: 390: 388: 387: 385: 371: 369: 365: 362: 357: 354: 352: 350: 349: 347: 333: 331: 327: 324: 319: 316: 314: 312: 311: 309: 291: 289: 285: 282: 277: 274: 272: 270: 269: 267: 254: 253: 252: 251: 250: 211: 199:Howchin Glacier 183: 159: 157: 153: 151: 147: 146: 143: 138: 135: 133: 131: 130: 110: 108: 104: 102: 98: 97: 94: 89: 86: 84: 82: 81: 56: 55: 54: 53: 50: 49: 48: 47: 43: 17: 12: 11: 5: 924: 914: 913: 908: 877: 876: 859:"Xanadu Hills" 855: 839: 818: 797: 781: 765: 744: 727:"Denton Hills" 723: 688: 686: 683: 681: 680: 668: 656: 644: 632: 620: 618:, p. 795. 605: 593: 581: 568: 566: 563: 502: 499: 460: 457: 422: 419: 384: 381: 346: 343: 308: 305: 266: 263: 249: 248: 243: 238: 233: 227: 214: 213: 212: 210: 207: 182: 179: 122: 121: 79: 73: 72: 67: 63: 62: 58: 57: 51: 45: 44: 37: 36: 30: 29: 28: 27: 24: 23: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 923: 912: 909: 907: 904: 903: 901: 894: 892: 888: 874: 870: 866: 865: 860: 856: 846: 845: 840: 837: 833: 829: 828: 823: 822:"Ward Valley" 819: 816: 812: 808: 807: 802: 801:"Ward Stream" 798: 788: 787: 782: 772: 771: 766: 763: 759: 755: 754: 749: 748:"Janosy Hill" 745: 742: 738: 734: 733: 728: 724: 721: 717: 697: 696: 690: 689: 677: 672: 665: 660: 653: 648: 641: 636: 629: 624: 617: 612: 610: 602: 597: 590: 585: 578: 573: 569: 562: 560: 556: 552: 548: 544: 543: 538: 532: 498: 496: 490: 456: 452: 418: 414: 380: 376: 342: 338: 304: 302: 296: 258: 247: 244: 242: 239: 237: 234: 232: 229: 228: 226: 225: 220: 219:OpenStreetMap 217: 206: 204: 200: 196: 195:Hidden Valley 192: 188: 178: 176: 172: 166: 128: 117: 80: 78: 74: 71: 68: 64: 59: 34: 25: 20: 879: 862: 849:, retrieved 843: 825: 804: 791:, retrieved 786:Porter Hills 785: 775:, retrieved 769: 751: 730: 703:, retrieved 694: 671: 659: 647: 635: 623: 616:Alberts 1995 596: 584: 572: 559:Yuan dynasty 540: 504: 501:Xanadu Hills 462: 424: 386: 383:Porter Hills 348: 310: 268: 265:Ward Glacier 223: 222: 215: 187:Denton Hills 184: 171:Denton Hills 126: 125: 911:Scott Coast 844:Wilson Hill 555:Kublai Khan 526: / 514:163°32′00″E 484: / 472:163°44′00″E 459:Janosy Hill 446: / 434:163°41′58″E 421:Wilson Hill 408: / 396:163°38′42″E 370: / 332: / 320:163°42′00″E 307:Ward Stream 290: / 175:Scott Coast 160:Ward Valley 152: / 139:163°37′00″E 127:Ward Valley 111:Ward Valley 103: / 90:163°37′00″E 77:Coordinates 52:Ward Valley 46:Ward Valley 22:Ward Valley 900:Categories 851:2024-02-24 793:2024-02-24 777:2024-02-23 705:2024-01-30 565:References 561:in China. 542:Kubla Khan 537:Alph River 511:78°11′00″S 469:78°09′00″S 431:78°09′43″S 393:78°09′29″S 317:78°11′00″S 158: ( 136:78°10′00″S 109: ( 87:78°10′00″S 70:Antarctica 345:Ward Lake 61:Geography 358:163°35′E 278:163°27′E 209:Features 181:Location 66:Location 685:Sources 551:Shangdu 355:78°10′S 275:78°10′S 120:  699:(PDF) 557:'s 231:KML 902:: 893:. 871:, 867:, 861:, 834:, 830:, 824:, 813:, 809:, 803:, 760:, 756:, 750:, 739:, 735:, 729:, 608:^ 173:, 722:. 678:. 666:. 654:. 642:. 630:. 603:. 591:. 579:. 162:) 129:( 113:)

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Ward Valley is located in Antarctica
Antarctica
Coordinates
78°10′00″S 163°37′00″E / 78.1666667°S 163.6166667°E / -78.1666667; 163.6166667 (Ward Valley)
78°10′00″S 163°37′00″E / 78.1666667°S 163.6166667°E / -78.1666667; 163.6166667 (Ward Valley)
Denton Hills
Scott Coast
Denton Hills
McMurdo Dry Valleys
Hidden Valley
Howchin Glacier
Koettlitz Glacier
OpenStreetMap
KML
GPX (all coordinates)
GPX (primary coordinates)
GPX (secondary coordinates)

78°10′S 163°27′E / 78.167°S 163.450°E / -78.167; 163.450
British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13
78°11′00″S 163°42′00″E / 78.1833333°S 163.7°E / -78.1833333; 163.7
78°10′S 163°35′E / 78.167°S 163.583°E / -78.167; 163.583
78°09′29″S 163°38′42″E / 78.15805°S 163.64499°E / -78.15805; 163.64499
78°09′43″S 163°41′58″E / 78.16189°S 163.69957°E / -78.16189; 163.69957
78°09′00″S 163°44′00″E / 78.15°S 163.7333333°E / -78.15; 163.7333333
Mirabilite Pond
78°11′00″S 163°32′00″E / 78.1833333°S 163.5333333°E / -78.1833333; 163.5333333
Alph River
Kubla Khan
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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