Tiw Valley
Mount Odin is the most prominent peak, though not the highest, in the Asgard Range, of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It rises over 2,000 m just south of Lake Vanda. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition for the Norse god Odin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Siegmund Peak and Siegfried Peak.
Siegmund Peak
Peak
Mount Odin is the most prominent peak, though not the highest, in the Asgard Range, of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It rises over 2,000 m just south of Lake Vanda. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition for the Norse god Odin.
Siegfried Peak
Peak
Mount Odin is the most prominent peak, though not the highest, in the Asgard Range, of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It rises over 2,000 m just south of Lake Vanda. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition for the Norse god Odin. Siegfried Peak is situated 3 km north of Tiw Valley.
Beowulf, Mount
Peak
Mount Odin is the most prominent peak, though not the highest, in the Asgard Range, of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It rises over 2,000 m just south of Lake Vanda. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition for the Norse god Odin. Beowulf, Mount is situated 3½ km south of Tiw Valley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plane Table Glacier and Prospect Mesa.
Plane Table Glacier
Locality
Plane Table Glacier is a short, tapering glacier on the north side of Plane Table that extends part way down the south wall of Wright Valley, Victoria Land. Plane Table Glacier is situated 8 km west of Tiw Valley.
Prospect Mesa
Locality
Prospect Mesa is a low mesa in Victoria Land, in eastern Antarctica. It lies below Bull Pass on the north side of Wright Valley. The name designates that it is part of the regional geological Prospect Formation. Prospect Mesa is situated 9 km north of Tiw Valley.
Vanda Station
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Vanda Station was an Antarctic research base in the western highlands of the Ross Dependency, specifically on the shore of Lake Vanda, at the mouth of Onyx River, in the Wright Valley. Vanda Station is situated 10 km north of Tiw Valley.
Tiw Valley
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 1,750 metres
- Description: valley in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Tiw Valley from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Tiw Valley” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tiw Valley”
- German: “Tiw Valley”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tiw Valley”
- Swedish: “Tiw Valley”
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Highlights include Odin Valley and Mime Glacier.
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