- Miers Valley
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Miers Valley (78°6′S 164°0′E / 78.1°S 164°E) is a valley in the McMurdo Dry Valleys located just south of Marshall Valley and west of Koettlitz Glacier, on the coast of Victoria Land. The valley is ice-free in the Austral summer except for Miers Glacier and Adams Glacier (Victoria Land) (named after Sir Jameson Boyd Adams [1]) in its upper (western) part, and Lake Miers near its center. It was mapped and named by Scott's British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, possibly after Edward J. Miers, who was a marine biologist from the British Museum who examined crustacea from the Erebus and Terror expeditions.[2] A hut existed in the valley from 1984-1994.[3]
Miers Stream (78°7′S 164°9′E / 78.117°S 164.15°E) is a named in association with Miers Valley.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Miers Valley" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).References
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