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New College Valley
New College
Valley
lies
south
of
Cape Bird
, on ice-free slopes above
Caughley Beach
on
Ross Island
,
Antarctica
. It
faces
north-west
and carries
meltwater
from the
Cape
Bird
ice cap
during the
summer
. It is
protected
as
Antarctic Specially Protected Area
No.
116
because it
contains
some of
the richest
stands
of mosses, with associated
microflora
and
fauna
, in the
Ross Sea
region
.