Towle Valley

[1] Towle Valley was mapped in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956–58).

It was named by them for the USNS Private John R. Towle, an American freighter which carried a large part of the New Zealand stores south in December 1956.

The irregular, mainly ice-free heights which rise to about 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) at the south side of the head of Towle Valley.

Named by the 1976-77 Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions (VUWAE), led by Christopher J. Burgess, after New Zealand author Maurice Shadbolt.

[4] This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey.

USNS Private John R. Towle underway in pack ice near Antarctica.
Towle Glacier, tributary of Fry Glacier , in south center of map