Sörling Valley
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Sorling Valley () is an ice-free valley between Cumberland East Bay and Hound Bay on the north side of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Erik Sorling of the Riksmuseum, Stockholm, who made zoological collections in South Georgia in 1904-05.
On 21 April 1982, during the Falklands War, the British SBS was landed at Hound Bay beach from helicopters based on the HMS Endurance, and attempted to cross to the Argentine positions through Sorling Valley.[1] through to Cumberland East Bay .
This article incorporates text from Sörling Valley, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
- ^ Bicheno, Hugh (2006) Razor's Edge: The Unofficial History of the Falklands War. London. Weidenfield & Nicholson. ISBN-13 978-0-7538-2186-2
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