Taylor Valley

Satellite image of the valley, with inset of Lake Bonney
Geography
Coordinates77°37′S 163°00′E / 77.617°S 163.000°E / -77.617; 163.000 (Taylor Valley)

Taylor Valley 77°37′S 163°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.[1] Taylor Valley is the southernmost of the three large McMurdo Dry Valleys in the Transantarctic Mountains, located west of McMurdo Sound.

  1. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 735.

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