Feature Name (see definition): Albert Valley

Feature Class (see definition): Valley

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 18722

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 77° 22' 42" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 160° 55' 40" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.3783333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 160.9277778

Elevation (see definition): No data

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

Description (see definition): A hanging valley between Conway Peak and Wendler Spur in central Apocalypse Peaks, Victoria Land. The valley opens N to Barwick Valley. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2005) after Mary R. Albert, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH, who conducted field and laboratory research to characterize ice core, firn, and snow properties from Siple Dome, from the US-ITASE traverses of West Antarctica, and from East Antarctic megadunes, 1996-2003; Member, 2002- , Polar Research Board, National Academy of Sciences; Chair 2003- , U.S. National Committee for the International Polar Year, 2007-08.

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

Date Edited (see definition): No data