McKelvey Valley
McKelvey Valley is a valley between the western part of the Olympus Range and the Insel Range, in Victoria Land, Antarctica.Photo: USGS, Public domain.
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 6 km south of McKelvey 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 south of McKelvey Valley.
McKelvey Valley
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 927 metres
- Description: valley in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover McKelvey Valley from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“McKelvey Valley” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “McKelvey Valley”
- German: “McKelvey Valley”
- Hebrew: “עמק מקלווי”
- Italian: “Valle di McKelvey”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “McKelvey Valley”
- Swedish: “McKelvey Valley”
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Highlights include Parish Riegel and Parish Ledge.
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