Feature Name (see definition): Hernandez Valley

Feature Class (see definition): Valley

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 18741

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

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 161° 04' 35" E

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

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 161.0763889

Elevation (see definition): No data

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

Description (see definition): An ice-free valley, which is the E-most of four aligned hanging valleys in Apocalypse Peaks, Victoria Land. The valley opens N to Barwick Valley opposite Lake Vashka. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2005) after Gonzalo J. Hernandez, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; U.S. Antarctic Project (USAP) high-latitude atmospheric research at Amundsen-Scott South Pole and McMurdo Stations; 15 field seasons 1991-2004.

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

Date Edited (see definition): No data