Lower Taylor Valley, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarcticai
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Lower Taylor Valley | Valley |
Victoria Land | Region |
Eastern Antarctica | Region |
Antarctica | Continent |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
77° 37' South , 163° 0' East
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Taylor Valley is the southernmost of the three large Dry Valleys in the Transantarctic Mountains, Victoria Land, located west of McMurdo Sound at approximately 77°37′S 163°00′E. The valley extends from Taylor Glacier in the west to McMurdo Sound at Explorers Cove at the northwest head of New Harbour in the east and is about 29 kilometres (18 mi) long. It was once occupied by the receding Taylor Glacier, from which it derives its name. Taylor Valley contains Lake Bonney in the west (inward), and Lake Fryxell in the east (coastward), and Lake Hoare, Lake Chad, Lake Popplewell, Mummy Pond, and Parera Pond close together between the two. Further east of Lake Bonney is Pearse Valley. Taylor Valley is separated from Wright Valley in the north by Asgard Range, and from Ferrar Glacier in the south by Kukri Hills.
At its southernmost end, Taylor Valley becomes Quinn Gully, a mainly ice-free gully, which descends between MacDonald Hills and Hjorth Hill to Explorers Cove in New Harbour. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1997) after Thomas Quinn, Supervisor of Continental Air Operations, Antarctic Support Associates.
Taylor Valley was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04), it was more fully explored by the BrAE (1907–09) and the BrAE (1910–13), and named after Australian Geologist Thomas Griffith Taylor. [Wikipedia]
Regions containing this locality
Antarctic Plate | Tectonic Plate |
Antarctic Meteorites | Group of Meteorite Fall Locations |
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Standard Detailed Strunz Dana Chemical ElementsMineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities1 valid mineral.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Allanite-(La) Formula: {CaLa}{Al2Fe2+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) Reference: Orlandi, P. & Pasero, M. (2006): Allanite-(La) from Buca della Vena mine, Apuan Alps, Italy, an epidote-group mineral. Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 63-68. |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
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ⓘ | Allanite-(La) | 9.BG.05b | {CaLa}{Al2Fe2+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
Group 58 - SOROSILICATES Insular, Mixed, Single, and Larger Tetrahedral Groups | |||
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Insular, Mixed, Single, and Larger Tetrahedral Groups with cations in [6] and higher coordination; single and double groups (n = 1, 2) | |||
ⓘ | Allanite-(La) | 58.2.1a.2 | {CaLa}{Al2Fe2+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Allanite-(La) | {CaLa}{Al2Fe2+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Allanite-(La) | {CaLa}{Al2Fe2+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Allanite-(La) | {CaLa}{Al2Fe2+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Allanite-(La) | {CaLa}{Al2Fe2+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Allanite-(La) | {CaLa}{Al2Fe2+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Allanite-(La) | {CaLa}{Al2Fe2+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
La | Lanthanum | |
La | ⓘ Allanite-(La) | {CaLa}{Al2Fe2+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
Other Databases
Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Valley |
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Wikidata ID: | Q530131 |
Localities in this Region
- Eastern Antarctica
- Victoria Land
- Lower Taylor Valley
- Victoria Land
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