Sphagnum Valley
valley in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, United Kingdom
Sphagnum Valley (54°16′S 36°35′W) is a valley sloping northwest from Echo Pass to Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia. First charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjold, 1901–04. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57 and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Sphagnum, the bog moss which occurs in this valley.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Sphagnum Valley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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