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Taylor Valley
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Taylor Valley
Taylor Valley
is the southernmost of the three large
Dry Valleys
in the
Transantarctic Mountains
,
Victoria Land
, located west of
McMurdo Sound
at approximately . 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 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
.
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