Devnya Valley
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| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Mountains | Tangra Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 39 '11 " S , 60 ° 2' 40" W | |
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| length | 2.5 km | |
The Devnya Valley ( Bulgarian Девненска долина Dewnenska dolina ) is a 2.5 km long and 700 m wide valley on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . In the Levski Ridge of the Tangra Mountains , it is on the northern slopes of Great Needle Peak and Helmet Peak . To the north it opens to the Huron Glacier .
Bulgarian scientists mapped it between 2004 and 2004. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named the valley in 2005 after the town of Devnya in northeastern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Devnya Valley in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)