Sphagnum Valley
| Sphagnum Valley | ||
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| location | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 16 ′ 38 ″ S , 36 ° 34 ′ 51 ″ W | |
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The Sphagnum Valley is a valley on the north coast of South Georgia in the South Atlantic . It extends from the east bank of Cumberland West Bay in a northwest direction to Echo Pass .
The mapping goes back to participants in the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) under the direction of Otto Nordenskjöld . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after 1964 after the fringed peat moss ( Sphagnum fimbriatum in Latin ) that can be found in this valley.
Web links
- Sphagnum Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sphagnum Valley on geographic.org (English)