Grainger Valley

Grainger Valley (70°45′S 67°52′E) is a valley 12 nautical miles (22 km) long and up to 1 nautical mile (2 km) wide separating Manning Massif and McLeod Massif in the eastern part of the Aramis Range, in the Prince Charles Mountains of Antarctica. It was photographed from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) aircraft in 1956, and was first crossed on foot on 1 February 1969 by geologist David John Grainger and surveyor Jeff Fox during the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey. It was later named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for Grainger. He also took part in the 1970 ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey.[1]

David Grainger on the Glacial Moraine at the edge of Grainger Valley

Also named is the 'Grainger Member' of the Bainmedart Coal Measures of Permian age that crops out on the steeply sloping western margin of Beaver Lake (which neither contains beavers or is a lake!) between the mouths of Grainger Valley and McKinnon Glacier.[2]

References
  1. "Grainger Valley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  2. MCLOUGHLIN, STEPHEN; DRINNAN, ANDREW N. (May 1997). "Revised stratigraphy of the Permian Bainmedart Coal Measures, northern Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica". Geological Magazine. 134 (3): 335–353. Bibcode:1997GeoM..134..335M. doi:10.1017/s0016756897006870. ISSN 0016-7568.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Grainger Valley". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)


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