Name StatusOfficial ValidatedFeatureValleyNZ Gazette Reference2012 (53) p.1477DatumRSRGD2000GeoTag[1] PositionDescriptionIce-free valley 3 miles long, lying immediately west of Catspaw Glacier at the south side of the Asgard Range. Named by the US ACAN for John S Pearse, biologist at McMurdo Station 1961 and the season 1961/62.