Greenwood Valley
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Greenwood Valley is an ice-filled valley
at the west side of Wilson Piedmont Glacier
, lying between Staefller Ridge and Mount Doorly
in Victoria Land
. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for Russell A. Greenwood, U.S. Navy, who was in charge of heavy equipment maintenance at McMurdo Station
, 1962.
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...
at the west side of Wilson Piedmont Glacier
Wilson Piedmont Glacier
Wilson Piedmont Glacier is a large piedmont glacier extending from Granite Harbour to Marble Point on the coast of Victoria Land. Discovered by the Discovery expedition, 1901-04. The British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, named the feature for Dr. Edward A. Wilson, surgeon and artist with Scott's...
, lying between Staefller Ridge and Mount Doorly
Mount Doorly
Mount Doorly is a summit surmounting the east part of the rocky ridge between Greenwood Valley and Wright Lower Glacier, in Victoria Land. Discovered by the Discovery expedition, 1901–04, under Scott, and named after Lieutenant Gerald S. Doorly, Royal Navy, of the Morning, relief ship to the...
in 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...
. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) for Russell A. Greenwood, U.S. Navy, who was in charge of heavy equipment maintenance at McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station is a U.S. Antarctic research center located on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program, a branch of the National...
, 1962.