Italia Valley
| Italia Valley | ||
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| location | King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 10 '32 " S , 58 ° 30' 49" W | |
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The Italia Valley ( Italian Conco Italia , Italian hollow ' ) is a small valley in the south of King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is east-northeast of the Hervé Cove , a side bay of the Ezcurra Fjord .
An Italian Antarctic expedition carried out from 1975 to 1976 under the direction of the Italian entrepreneur Renato Cepparo (1916-2007) named it. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee translated the Italian designation into English in 1984.
Web links
- Italia Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Italia Valley on geographic.org (English)