Ringer Valley
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Ringer Valley is a hanging valley 6 miles (10 km) long between Kuivinen Ridge and Stone Ridge in Saint Johns Range
Saint Johns Range
Saint Johns Range is a crescent-shaped mountain range about long, in Victoria Land. It is bounded on the north by the Cotton, Miller and Debenham Glaciers, and on the south by Victoria Valley and the Victoria Upper and Victoria Lower Glaciers. Named by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the...

, Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...

. The lower and middle portion of the valley is occupied by Ringer Glacier
Ringer Glacier
Ringer Glacier is a glacier, 5 nautical miles long, heading on the northeast flank of Saint Johns Range and flowing northeast to Miller Glacier, Victoria Land. Named in association with the distinctive moraine at its mouth, The Ringer. The name first appeared on a 1961 NZ map; approved by...

, which flows north to Miller Glacier
Miller Glacier
Miller Glacier is a glacier about 1 nautical mile wide, described by Griffith Taylor as a transection glacier lying in a transverse trough and connecting the Cotton and Debenham Glaciers in Victoria Land. Discovered by the Western Geological Party, led by Taylor, of the British Antarctic...

; the upper (south) portion is mostly ice free. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...

 in 2005 in association with Ringer Glacier and The Ringer.
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