Leafvein Gulch () is a valley long with intensely gullied flanks, draining the northeastern part of
Vindication Island
Vindication Island ( es, Isla Vindicación) is a small uninhabited island in the South Sandwich Islands. It lies about from Candlemas Island, separated by the Nelson Channel. The island is mostly ice free.
Geography
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in the
South Sandwich Islands
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. Its lower end lies southwest of
Braces Point
Braces Point () is the northeast point of Vindication Island, South Sandwich Islands. The feature was named Low Point during the survey from RRS ''Discovery II'' in 1930, but the name was changed to avoid duplication. The new name applied by the U ...
on the east coast of the island. The name, applied by the
UK 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 ...
in 1971, derives from the pattern of the gullies which recall the radiating veins of a leaf.
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Valleys of Antarctica
Landforms of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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