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Hernandez Valley Hilt Cirque
77°22′42″ S Latitude, 161°04′35″E Longitude. An ice-free valley, which is the
eastern-most of four aligned hanging valleys in Apocalypse Peaks, Victoria Land.
The valley opens north to Barwick Valley opposite Lake Vashka. Topographic Map:
Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000).
Johns Cirque
77°17′30″S Latitude, 160°51′30″E Longitude. The western-most cirque of The Fortress,
Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. The cirque is 1km wide and lies east of Salyer Ledge.
Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000).
Kreutz Snowfield
77°19′35″S Latitude, 161°01′00″E Longitude. A cirque on the east side of McLean
Buttress, Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. Topographic Maps: Webb Lake, Victoria Upper
Lake (1:50,000).
Kuivinen Ridge
77°17′30″S Latitude, 161°15′30″E Longitude. An intermontane snowfield 5 square
kilometres, Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. The snowfield is bounded to the south by
Forsyth Peak, to the west by Victoria Upper Névé, to the north by Mount Leland, and to
the east by Mount Isaac. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000).
LaBelle Valley
77°14′15″S Latitude, 161°45′00″E Longitude. A transverse ridge extending south-west
north-east across Saint Johns Range between an unnamed glacier and the Ringer Glacier,
Victoria Land. The ridge is 8km long and rises to 1750m at Lanyon Peak. Topographic
Maps: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000), and ST 57-60/5 Taylor Glacier (1:250,000).
Lake Karentz
77°19′40″S Latitude, 161°15′40″E Longitude. A valley 1.5km long between Peterson
Terrace and Price Terrace, Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. The valley opens south to
Barwick Valley. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000).
Lazzara Ledge
77°15′48″S Latitude, 161°48′30″E Longitude. An ice-covered lake, 2km long, lying west
of Mount Swinford and Ringer Glacier, Ringer Valley, Saint Johns Range, Victoria
Land. The lake receives melt from short glaciers on the headwall of Ringer Valley and
from slopes in the Mount Swinford area. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake
(1:50,000).
Loewenstein Peak
77°22′35″S Latitude, 160°46′30″E Longitude. A flat-topped ridge rising to 1900m
north-east of Mount Dragovan in Apocalypse Peaks, Victoria Land. The ledge comprises
the central part of the divide between Haselton Glacier and Wreath Valley. Topographic
Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000).
Metcalf Spur
77°18′20″S Latitude, 161°08′30″E Longitude. An ice-free peak, 1539m, located 3km
north-east of Vashka Crag, Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. It stands at the western end of
a line of peaks that mark the divide in eastern Cruzen Range. Topographic Map: Victoria
Upper Lake (1:50,000).
Molnia Bluff
77°24′45″S Latitude, 160°24′20″E Longitude. A rock spur, 2.5km long, which extends
from Shapeless Mountain north-west to Pākira Nunatak on the plateau of Willett Range,
Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000).
Morse Spur
77°16′09″S Latitude, 160°57′30″E Longitude. A steep bluff rising to 1750m and
extending west-east for 1.5km at the south-east end of Parker Mesa, Clare Range,
Victoria Land. The elevation drops to 1350m at the foot of the bluff. Topographic Map:
Webb Lake (1:50,000).
Mount Dragovan
77°19′30″S Latitude, 161°48′35″E Longitude. A spur projecting south from Saint Johns
Range between Deshler Valley and Crawford Valley, Victoria Land. Topographic Map:
Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000).
Mount Majerus
77°22′58″S Latitude, 160°42′37″E Longitude. The highest summit in Apocalypse Peaks,
Victoria Land, rising to 2360m west of Wreath Valley in the west part of the group.
Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000).
Mount Novak
77°16′16″S Latitude, 161°39′15″E Longitude. A peak rising to 1635m at the southern
end of Kuivinen Ridge, Saint Johns Range, Victoria Land. The peak is 2km south-west
of Lanyon Peak. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000).
Ormerod Terrace
77°17′02″S Latitude, 161°17′10″E Longitude. An elongated mountain, c. 1400m, 1km
south of Mount Leland, Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper
Lake (1:50,000).
Papitashvili Valley
77°18′35″S Latitude, 160°33′45″E Longitude. A ramplike rock platform, 3km long, that
parallels the south flank of McSaveney Spur, Willett Range, and declines moderately
toward the Webb Glacier. The terrace has a median elevation of 1600m and rises 300m
above Caffin Valley. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000).
Peterson Terrace
77°22′49″S Latitude, 161°00′00″E Longitude. A hanging valley between Wendler
Spur and Besson Spur in Apocalypse Peaks, Victoria Land. The valley opens north to
Barwick Valley opposite Hourglass Lake and is ice free but for a glacier at the headwall.
Topographic Maps: Webb Lake, Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000).
77°19′40″S Latitude, 161°11′30″E Longitude. A gently inclined, mostly ice-free area
c. 2.5 square kilometres between Gaisser Valley and LaBelle Valley, Cruzen Range,
Victoria Land. The terrace rises to 1250m; 750m above Barwick Valley and Lake
Vashka, close at south. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000).
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🎓 Education, Culture & ScienceGeographic Names, Place Names, Antarctica, Ross Sea Region, Hernandez Valley, Hilt Cirque, Johns Cirque, Kreutz Snowfield, Kuivinen Ridge, LaBelle Valley, Lake Karentz, Lazzara Ledge, Loewenstein Peak, Metcalf Spur, Molnia Bluff, Morse Spur, Mount Dragovan, Mount Majerus, Mount Novak, Ormerod Terrace, Papitashvili Valley, Peterson Terrace