Taylor Valley
Taylor Valley is an ice-free valley about 18 nautical miles 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Keohane and Canada Peak.
Mount Keohane
Peak
Mount Falconer is a mountain, 810 metres high, surmounting Lake Fryxell on the north wall of Taylor Valley, between Mount McLennan and Commonwealth Glacier in Antarctica. Mount Keohane is situated 3 km north of Taylor Valley.
Canada Peak
Peak
Canada Peak is a sharp peak rising to 1,350 metres on the west side of Canada Glacier where it spills into Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. It was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 1998, in association with Canada Glacier. Canada Peak is situated 4 km west of Taylor Valley.
Taylor Valley
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 100 metres
- Description: valley
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Taylor Valley” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Taylor Valley (walog sa Antarctica)”
- Cebuano: “Taylor Valley”
- Chinese: “奎因沖溝”
- Chinese: “泰勒谷”
- Dutch: “Taylorvallei”
- French: “vallée de Taylor”
- French: “Vallée de Taylor”
- German: “Taylor Valley”
- Hebrew: “עמק טיילור”
- Italian: “Valle di Taylor”
- Japanese: “テイラー谷”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Taylor Valley”
- Spanish: “Valle Taylor”
- Swedish: “Taylor Valley (dal i Antarktis)”
- Swedish: “Taylor Valley”
- Ukrainian: “Долина Тейлор”
- Ukrainian: “Долина Тейлора”
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Highlights include Canada Glacier and Andersen Creek.
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