Kennar Valley

Kennar Valley (

77°46′S 160°25′E / 77.767°S 160.417°E / -77.767; 160.417Coordinates: 77°46′S 160°25′E / 77.767°S 160.417°E / -77.767; 160.417) is a small valley, ice free except for a lobe of ice marginal to Taylor Glacier at the mouth, located west of Finger Mountain in the Quartermain Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The name appears to be first used on a 1961 New Zealand Lands and Survey Department map compiled from New Zealand field surveys, 1957–60, and U.S. Navy aerial photographs of that period. It was possibly named after , Royal Navy, Petty Officer on the Discovery during the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, led by R.F. Scott. In November 1903, Kennar and accompanied Hartley T. Ferrar in the first geological reconnaissance of the Quartermain Mountains.^[1]

See also[]

• Mount Weller

References[]

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Kennar Valley". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)