Garwood Valley
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Garwood Valley is a valley
opening on the coast of Victoria Land
just south of Cape Chocolate
. It is largely ice-free, but is occupied near its head by the Garwood Glacier
. Named by Taylor of the British Antarctic Expedition
(1910–13) in association with Garwood Glacier.
Valley
In geology, a valley or dale is a depression with predominant extent in one direction. A very deep river valley may be called a canyon or gorge.The terms U-shaped and V-shaped are descriptive terms of geography to characterize the form of valleys...
opening on the coast of Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
just south of Cape Chocolate
Cape Chocolate
Cape Chocolate is a small, dark cape forming the south side of Salmon Bay on the coast of Victoria Land. It is made up of morainic material from the west margin of the Koettlitz Glacier. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Robert Falcon Scott, and...
. It is largely ice-free, but is occupied near its head by the Garwood Glacier
Garwood Glacier
Garwood Glacier is a glacier occupying the northwest part of Garwood Valley, in Victoria Land. It was first mapped by the Discovery expedition , but not named until 1911, when it was named by Taylor of the British Antarctic Expedition for Edmund J. Garwood, professor of geology and mineralogy at...
. Named by Taylor of the British Antarctic Expedition
Terra Nova Expedition
The Terra Nova Expedition , officially the British Antarctic Expedition 1910, was led by Robert Falcon Scott with the objective of being the first to reach the geographical South Pole. Scott and four companions attained the pole on 17 January 1912, to find that a Norwegian team led by Roald...
(1910–13) in association with Garwood Glacier.