Moraine Valley

Moraine Valley (60°43′S 45°37′W / 60.717°S 45.617°W / -60.717; -45.617Coordinates: 60°43′S 45°37′W / 60.717°S 45.617°W / -60.717; -45.617) is a valley filled with morainic debris, 0.75 nautical miles (1.4 km) long, which drains north into Elephant Flats on the east side of Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands off Antarctica. In summer a stream, fed by the ice slopes at its south end, runs in this valley. It was named by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey following their survey of 1947.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Moraine Valley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-11-06.

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