Leafvein Gulch

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Leafvein Gulch
location Vindication Island ( South Sandwich Islands )
Geographical location 57 ° 6 '58 "  S , 26 ° 48' 32"  W Coordinates: 57 ° 6 '58 "  S , 26 ° 48' 32"  W
Leafvein Gulch (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)
Leafvein Gulch
length 800 m

Leafvein Gulch ( English for Blattader gorge is) a 800 long ravine in the northeast of Vindication Iceland in the archipelago of the South Sandwich Islands . Your lower section is southwest of Braces Point .

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1971 after the meltwater channels running through them , which are reminiscent of leaf veins .

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