Leader Valley

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Leader Valley
location South Georgia
Geographical location 54 ° 20 '53 "  S , 36 ° 18' 50"  W Coordinates: 54 ° 20 '53 "  S , 36 ° 18' 50"  W
Leader Valley (South Georgia)
Leader Valley

The Leader Valley is a valley in northern South Georgia in the South Atlantic . On the west side of the Barff Peninsula, it extends from Sörling Beach to the east to Montebello Peak .

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2014 after Nigel Leader-Williams of the University of Cambridge for his work on the reindeer population in South Georgia in the 1970s.

Web links

  • Leader Valley . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)