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Sphagnum Valley

Coordinates: 54°16′S 36°35′W / 54.267°S 36.583°W / -54.267; -36.583
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Sphagnum Valley (54°16′S 36°35′W / 54.267°S 36.583°W / -54.267; -36.583) is a valley sloping northwest from Echo Pass to Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia. First charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjold, 1901–04. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57 and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Sphagnum, the bog moss which occurs in this valley.

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