Austin Valley
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Austin Valley () is a small ice-filled valley at the east side of Avalanche Ridge, in the Jones Mountains. Mapped by the University of Minnesota-Jones Mountains Party, 1960-61. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Jerry W. Austin, aviation machinist's mate of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6, a crew member on pioneering flights of LC-47 Dakota aircraft from Byrd Station to the Eights Coast area in November 1961.
This article incorporates text from Austin Valley, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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