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Grainger Valley: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Grainger Valley in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division

Feature Name (see definition): Grainger Valley

Feature Class (see definition): Valley

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 5929

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 70° 45' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 067° 52' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -70.75

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 67.8666667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1973

Description (see definition): A valley 12 mi long and up to 1 mi wide separating Manning Massif and McLeod Massif in the E part of Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Photographed from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) aircraft in 1956. The valley was crossed in Feb. 1969 by a survey party during the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) Prince Charles Mountains survey. Named by ANCA for D. Grainger, geologist with the party, who also took part in the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) Prince Charles Mountains survey in 1970.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Grainger Valley in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Grainger Valley information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Grainger Valley should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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