Feature Name (see definition): Balaena Valley

Feature Class (see definition): Valley

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 878

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 63° 20' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 056° 23' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.3333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -56.3833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1963

Description (see definition): Gently sloping valley, filled with ice, lying E of Suspiros Bay in the W part of Joinville Island. Surveyed by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1953-54. The Balaena (Alexander Fairweather, master) was one of the Dundee whaling ships that visited the Joinville Island group in 1892-93. The name was applied in 1956 by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) and derives from association with Cape Kinnes 4 mi to the SW; Robert Kinnes was the Dundee shipowner and merchant who equipped these ships for their Antarctic voyage.

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