Feature Name (see definition): Friedmann Valley

Feature Class (see definition): Valley

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 5313

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 77° 54' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 160° 30' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.9

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 160.5

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1992

Description (see definition): One of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, located W of Rector Ridge at the head of Beacon Valley, in Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. Named in 1992 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after E. Imre Friedmann, biologist, Polar Desert Research Center, Florida State University, who in virtually every austral summer, 1976-87, led U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) field parties in the study of microorganisms in rocks of the McMurdo Dry Valleys. His wife, Roseli Ocampo-Friedmann, was a member of the field party in the last four seasons.

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