Virginia Valley
McKelvey Valley is a valley between the western part of the Olympus Range and the Insel Range, in Victoria Land, Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dido, Mount and Circe, Mount.
Dido, 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.
Circe, 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.
Leibert Cirque
Valley
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Prentice Plateau and Labyrinth.
Prentice Plateau
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. Prentice Plateau is situated 8 km west of Virginia Valley.
Labyrinth
Locality
Photo: Dturme, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Labyrinth is an extensive flat upland area which has been deeply eroded, at the west end of Wright Valley, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was so named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition because the eroded dolerite of which it is formed gives an appearance of a labyrinth. Labyrinth is situated 8 km south of Virginia Valley.
Virginia Valley
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 1,639 metres
- Description: valley in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Virginia Valley” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Virginia Valley”
- German: “Virginia Valley”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Virginia Valley”
- Swedish: “Virginia Valley”
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