Sörling Valley

Sörling Valley is an ice-free valley located between Cumberland East Bay and Hound Bay on the north side of South Georgia. It was surveyed by the SGS between 1951 and 1957 and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in honour of Erik Sörling from the Riksmuseum in Stockholm, who made zoological collections in South Georgia in 1904 and 1905. Nearby features include Ellerbeck Peak, a mountain on the south side of the valley.[1]

On 21 April 1982, during the Falklands War, the British SBS landed at Hound Bay beach from helicopters based on HMS Endurance, and attempted to cross to the Argentine positions through Sorling Valley[2] and Cumberland East Bay.

To the northwest of Sörling Valley is the Barff Peninsula project.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Ellerbeck Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  2. ^ Bicheno, Hugh (2006) Razor's Edge: The Unofficial History of the Falklands War. London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-0-7538-2186-2
  3. ^ "Barff Peninsula". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

54°22′S 36°18′W / 54.367°S 36.300°W / -54.367; -36.300 Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Sörling Valley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 

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