Olsen Valley () is a
valley
A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains and typically containing a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over ...
extending from
Husvik Harbor
Husvik is a former whaling station on the north-central coast of South Georgia Island
South Georgia is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory of Sout ...
in
Stromness Bay to
Carlita Bay
Cumberland West Bay is a bay forming the western arm of Cumberland Bay, South Georgia Island, South Georgia. It is entered southward of Larsen Point, where it is wide and extends in a southwest direction. It is separated from Cumberland Eas ...
in
Cumberland West Bay
Cumberland West Bay is a bay forming the western arm of Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. It is entered southward of Larsen Point, where it is wide and extends in a southwest direction. It is separated from Cumberland East Bay by Thatcher ...
, on the north side of
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. ...
. The feature was known to early whalers and sealers at South Georgia. It was surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951–57, and named by the
United Kingdom 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) and ...
(UK-APC) for
Nils E. Olsen, Manager of
Tonsberg Hvalfangeri, Husvik, 1950–56.
Valleys of Antarctica
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