North Valley

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North Valley
location Bird Island ( South Georgia )
Geographical location 54 ° 0 ′ 21 ″  S , 38 ° 3 ′ 8 ″  W Coordinates: 54 ° 0 ′ 21 ″  S , 38 ° 3 ′ 8 ″  W
North Valley (South Georgia)
North Valley

The North Valley ( English for North Valley is) a valley on Bird Iceland in the archipelago of South Georgia in the South Atlantic . It rises northward from Freshwater Inlet . It is overgrown with tussock and is often visited by Antarctic fur seals.

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee descriptively named it for its geographic location in 1982.

Web links

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