Maidalen is a valley, long in a north–south direction, extending from
Maiviken to
Lewis Pass on
Thatcher Peninsula,
South Georgia
South Georgia is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around east of the Falkland Islands. ...
. This feature was originally considered to be a part of
Bore Valley
Bore Valley () is a valley that is long in a north–south direction, extending from Lewis Pass to Grytviken in Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. It was first surveyed and named "Bores Dal" by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (SwedAE) under Otto N ...
but has since been determined to be a separate valley. It was named Maidalen (May valley) by the
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) an ...
in 1990 following in the Norwegian form an association with Maiviken.
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References
Landforms of South Georgia
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