Ward Valley
Ice-free valley in Antarctica
title: "Ward Valley" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["valleys-of-victoria-land", "scott-coast"] description: "Ice-free valley in Antarctica" topic_path: "general/valleys-of-victoria-land" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Valley" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Ice-free valley in Antarctica ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox valley"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Ward Valley |
| map | Antarctica |
| map_size | 180 |
| map_caption | Ward Valley |
| location | Antarctica |
| coordinates | |
| elevation | |
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| name = Ward Valley | embed = | other_name = | photo = | photo_size = | photo_width = | photo_caption = | photo_alt = | map = Antarctica | map_size = 180 | map_alt = | map_caption = Ward Valley | location = Antarctica | coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | elevation = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | elevation_ref = | direction = | length = | width = | area = | watercourses = | footnotes = Ward Valley () is an ice-free valley that lies between Porter Hills and Xanadu Hills and east of the snout of Ward Glacier in the Denton Hills, Scott Coast, Antarctica. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN; 1994) in association with Ward Glacier and Ward Lake.
Location
Ward Valley is in the Denton Hills. It is one of the McMurdo Dry Valleys. It lies between Hidden Valley to the northeast and Howchin Glacier to the southwest. It opens into the Koettlitz Glacier to the southeast.
Features
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/C78192s1_Ant.Map_Mount_Discovery.jpg" caption="Ward Valley in north of map"] ::
Ward Glacier
Ward Stream
Ward Lake
Porter Hills
Wilson Hill
Janosy Hill
Xanadu Hills
Sources
- {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2024-01-30 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17588 |name=Denton Hills}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17235 |name=Janosy Hill}}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C78192s1_Ant.Map_Mount_Discovery.jpg |accessdate=2024-02-23 |title=Mount Discovery |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}
- {{citation |url=https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=139723 |accessdate=2024-02-24 |title=Porter Hills |publisher=AADC: Australian Antarctic Data Centre |ref= }}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17292 |name=Ward Stream}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17293 |name=Ward Valley}}
- {{citation |url=https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=139745 |accessdate=2024-02-24 |title=Wilson Hill |publisher=AADC: Australian Antarctic Data Centre |ref= }}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17309 |name=Xanadu Hills}}
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