Paternoster Valley

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Paternoster Valley
location Signy Island , South Orkney Islands
Geographical location 60 ° 41 ′ 20 ″  S , 45 ° 36 ′ 50 ″  W Coordinates: 60 ° 41 ′ 20 ″  S , 45 ° 36 ′ 50 ″  W
Paternoster Valley (South Orkney Islands)
Paternoster Valley

The Paternoster Valley is a valley to the north of Signy Island in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It extends south from Stygian Cove .

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1974 after the stepped arrangement of the three small lakes in this valley ( Moss Lake , Changing Lake and Sombre Lake ), reminiscent of a paternoster lift .

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