Miers Valley

Miers Valley (

78°6′S 164°0′E / 78.100°S 164.000°E / -78.100; 164.000Coordinates: 78°6′S 164°0′E / 78.100°S 164.000°E / -78.100; 164.000) is a valley in the McMurdo Dry Valleys located just south of Marshall Valley and west of Koettlitz Glacier, on the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The valley is ice-free in the Austral summer except for Miers Glacier and Adams Glacier in its upper (western) part,^[1] and Lake Miers near its center. Penance Pass connects it to the valley of Shangri-la.

It was mapped and named by Robert Falcon Scott's British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13,^[2] possibly after Edward J. Miers, a marine biologist from the British Museum (Natural History) who examined crustacea from the Erebus and Terror expeditions.^[3] A hut stood in the valley from 1984–94.^[4]

Miers Stream (

78°7′S 164°9′E / 78.117°S 164.150°E / -78.117; 164.150) is named in association with Miers Valley. A small elevated valley called The Altiplano sits roughly between Findlay Ridge and Miers Valley.

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