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evidence: Adventure Subglacial Trench is a subglacial valley in the interior of Wilkes Land , running north-south and joined by Vincennes Subglacial Basin to Aurora Subglacial Basin to the west .. valley. valley. Wilkes Land. Wilkes Land. Vincennes Subglacial Basin. Vincennes Subglacial Basin. Aurora Subglacial Basin. Aurora Subglacial Basin. The feature was delineated by the SPRI-NSF-TUD airborne radio echo sounding program , 1967 -- 79 , and named after HMS Adventure -LRB- Commander Tobias Furneaux , Royal Navy -RRB- , one of the two ships of the British expedition , 1772 -- 75 -LRB- Captain James Cook , Royal Navy -RRB- .. SPRI. Scott Polar Research Institute. NSF. National Science Foundation. TUD. Technical University of Denmark. Tobias Furneaux. Tobias Furneaux. Royal Navy. Royal Navy. James Cook. James Cook. Category  : Valleys of Antarctica. Category  : Landforms of Wilkes Land. Wilkes Land. Wilkes Land