Name StatusApprovedFeatureValleyNZ Gazette Reference2001 (142) p.3601DatumRSRGD2000GeoTag[1] PositionDescriptionNew College Valley faces north west, inland of Coughley Beach Cliffs, near Cape Bird, Ross Island. The valley is predominantly ice free, comprising glacial moraine of basalt and scoria. It contains streams flowing toward the shore and associated mosses and algal growth. Named because of links to to Oxford College, to balance the Cambridge University names given in the Dry Valleys.