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Vernier Valley
Vernier
Valley
is an ice-free
valley
on the
east side
of
Mount Blackwelder
in the
northeast
part of
Wilkniss Mountains
,
Victoria Land
. The name is one of a group in the
area
associated with
surveying
applied in
1993
by
New Zealand Geographic Board
;
vernier
being a
graduated
scale
used on
measuring instruments
to
allow
the
reading
of
finer
subdivisions
.