Feature Name (see definition): Watson Valley

Feature Class (see definition): Valley

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 19158

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 77° 14' 30" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 161° 34' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.2416667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 161.5666667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/15/2008

Description (see definition): A valley E of Mount Lewis in Saint Johns Range, Victoria Land. The valley, which opens southward to Victoria Upper Glacier, is ice free except for a small glacier at the head wall. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2007) after HM2 Donald E. Watson, U.S. Navy (USN) (Seabees), who at the time was Medical Assistant and member of the construction crew which built the original Little America V Station and the original Byrd Station in the 1955-57 pre-IGY period. He was the medical person on the oversnow Byrd Traverse to Byrd Station, 1956.

Date Created (see definition): 01/21/2008

Date Edited (see definition): No data