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Feature Name (see definition): Ablation Valley Feature Class (see definition): Valley Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 25 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 70° 48' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 068° 30' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -70.8 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.5 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1955 Description (see definition): Mainly ice-free valley on the E coast of Alexander Island, 2 mi long, which is entered immediately S of Ablation Point and opens on George VI Sound. First photographed from the air on Nov. 23, 1935, by Lincoln Ellsworth and mapped from these photos by W.L.G. Joerg. First visited and surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), and so named by them because of the relatively small amounts of snow and ice found there. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Ablation 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 Ablation Valley information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Ablation Valley should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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