Wright Valley

The Wright Valley is a large east–west trending valley, formerly occupied by a glacier but now ice free except for at its head and Wright Lower Glacier at its mouth, in , Antarctica.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Lake Bull.

Lake
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The Wright Valley is a large east–west trending… is situated 3 km west of Wright Valley.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Prospect Mesa and Vanda Station.

Locality
is a low mesa in , in eastern .

Locality
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was an research base in the… is situated 4 km west of Wright Valley.

Locality
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain… is situated 6 km east of Wright Valley.

Wright Valley

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Latitude
-77.51667° or 77° 31′ south
Longitude
161.83333° or 161° 50′ east
Open location code
2VJ3FRMM+88
Geo­Names ID
6628297
Wiki­data ID
Q1572103

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Wright Valley” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Vall Wright”
  • Cebuano: “Wright Valley”
  • Chinese: “莱特山谷”
  • Chinese: “萊特山谷”
  • Chinese: “賴特谷”
  • Dutch: “Wright Valley”
  • Esperanto: “Valo Wright”
  • French: “vallée de Wright”
  • French: “Vallée de Wright”
  • German: “Wright Valley”
  • Hebrew: “עמק רייט”
  • Italian: “Valle di Wright”
  • Japanese: “ライト谷”
  • Latvian: “Raita ieleja”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wright Valley”
  • Persian: “دره رایت”
  • Romanian: “Valea Wright”
  • Romanian: “Wright Valley”
  • Slovenian: “Wright Valley”
  • Spanish: “Valle de Wright”
  • Swedish: “Wright Valley”
  • Swedish: “Wrightdalen”
  • Turkish: “Wright Vadisi”
  • Ukrainian: “Долина Райта”

Places with the Same Name

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Prospect Mesa and McMurdo Dry Valleys.

Antarctica: Highlights

Notable places include Livingston Island and Villa Las Estrellas.

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