Saunders 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 ...

0.9 nautical miles (1.7 km) in length and varying width, trending WNW-ESE in south

Fildes Peninsula The Fildes Peninsula is a long peninsula that forms the south-western end of King George Island (South Shetland Islands), King George Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It was named from association with nearby Fildes Strait b ...

, King George Island. The valley mouth opens to

Hydrographers Cove Hydrographers Cove () is a cove between the southwest side of Ardley Island and Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands The South Shetland Islands are a group of List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands, A ...

. 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) in 1977 for Andrew D. Saunders, British geologist, University of Birmingham, working with the

British Antarctic Survey The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of list of global issues, global issues, and to provide an active prese ...

(BAS) party in this area, 1975.

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