Priscu Valley

Priscu Valley

Priscu Valley (coord|77|29|S|160|47|E|) is an upland ice-free valley on the east side of Prentice Plateau in Olympus Range. The valley opens north to the head of McKelvey Valley. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after John C. Priscu, Department of Biological Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana; United States Antarctic Program (USAP) investigator in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, 1984-2002.


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