Yukidori Valley [SEP] continent
Yukidori Valley
Yukidori Valley lies in the middle of the Langhovde Hills, on the east coast of Lützow-Holm Bay, in Queen Maud Land of East Antarctica, about 20 km south of Japan’s Showa Station. "Yukidori" is Japanese for “snow petrel”.
Description.
The valley is aligned east-west, 2.0-2.5 km long and 1.8 km wide. It contains two lakes, a melt stream flowing from the Antarctic ice cap through Lake Yukidori to the sea at its
shaped peninsula extends seaward in finger-like fashion from the west side of the hills. Its southern extremity is called Cape Nakayubi ("middle finger point"), and its western extremity is Cape Koyubi ("little finger point"). Both features were named by JARE, which also named nearby Oyayuni Point ("thumb point") on Oyayubi Island in association with the two.
Yukidori Valley, an Antarctic Specially Protected Area, lies in the middle of the Langhovde Hills. It is a nesting site for