Murphy Valley
Victoria Valley is an extensive ice-free valley, formerly occupied by a large glacier, extending from Victoria Upper Glacier to Victoria Lower Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is one of the larger McMurdo Dry Valleys.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Booth, Mount and Bull Pass.
Booth, Mount
Peak
Mount Booth is a peak, 1,575 metres high, surmounting the junction of mountain ridges at the southwest end of Murphy Valley in the Olympus Range, McMurdo Dry Valleys.
Bull Pass
Mountain saddle
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The Wright Valley is a large east–west trending valley, formerly occupied by a glacier but now ice free except for Wright Upper Glacier at its head and Wright Lower Glacier at its mouth, in Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Cerberus, Mount
Peak
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south. Cerberus, Mount is situated 3½ km east of Murphy Valley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nakai Snowfield and Vanda Station.
Nakai Snowfield
Locality
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south. Nakai Snowfield is situated 8 km southwest of Murphy Valley.
Vanda Station
Locality
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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 9 km south of Murphy Valley.
Murphy Valley
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 864 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.43333° or 77° 26′ southLongitude
161.73333° or 161° 44′ eastElevation
864 metres (2,835 feet)Open location code
2VJ3HP8M+M8GeoNames ID
6629782
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