Feature Name (see definition): Gaisser Valley

Feature Class (see definition): Valley

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 18738

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 77° 19' 30" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 161° 07' 20" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.325

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 161.1222222

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/2005

Description (see definition): A mostly ice-free valley 1.5 mi long that descends S from Vashka Crag in Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. The valley is bounded to the E by Peterson Terrace and terminates as a hanging valley 0.5 mi NW of Lake Vashka. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2005) after Thomas K. Gaisser, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; U.S. Antarctic Project (USAP) principal investigator for study of cosmic-ray showers at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, 1991-2005.

Date Created (see definition): 01/01/2005

Date Edited (see definition): No data