Leafvein Gulch
Leafvein Gulch (57°6′S 26°46′W / 57.100°S 26.767°WCoordinates: 57°6′S 26°46′W / 57.100°S 26.767°W) is a valley 0.5 nautical miles (1 km) long with intensely gullied flanks, draining the northeastern part of Vindication Island in the South Sandwich Islands. Its lower end lies southwest of Braces Point on the east coast of the island. The name, applied by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971, derives from the pattern of the gullies which recall the radiating veins of a leaf.[1]
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- ^ "Leafvein Gulch". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
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- This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Leafvein Gulch". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
Categories:
- Valleys of Antarctica
- Landforms of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands geography stubs