Gaisser Valley
# Gaisser Valley

Gaisser Valley (77°19′43″S 161°07′56″E﻿ / ﻿77.32861°S 161.13222°E﻿ / -77.32861; 161.13222) is a mostly ice-free valley, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) long, that descends south from Vashka Crag in the Cruzen Range of Victoria Land. The valley is bounded to the east by Peterson Terrace and terminates as a hanging valley 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km) northwest of Lake Vashka. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 2005 after Thomas K. Gaisser, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware; United States Antarctic Program principal investigator for the study of cosmic-ray showers at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station from 1991 to 2005.

