Maidalen is a valley, long in a north–south direction, extending from
Maiviken
Thatcher Peninsula () is a mountainous peninsula in north-central South Georgia. Its total area is approximately , with roughly covered in vegetation. It terminates to the north in Mai Point, rising between Cumberland West Bay to the west, and ...
to
Lewis Pass
Lewis Pass (el. 907 m.) is a mountain pass in the South Island of New Zealand.
The northernmost of the three main passes across the Southern Alps, it is higher than the Haast Pass, and slightly lower than Arthur's Pass. State Highway 7 traver ...
on
Thatcher Peninsula
Thatcher Peninsula () is a mountainous peninsula in north-central South Georgia. Its total area is approximately , with roughly covered in vegetation. It terminates to the north in Mai Point, rising between Cumberland West Bay to the west, and ...
,
South Georgia
South Georgia ( es, Isla San Pedro) is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around east of the Falkland Islands. Stretching in the east†...
. This feature was originally considered to be a part of
Bore Valley
Bore Valley () is a valley that is long in a north–south direction, extending from Lewis Pass (Antarctica), Lewis Pass to Grytviken in Cumberland Bay, South Georgia Island, South Georgia. It was first surveyed and named "Bores Dal" by the Swedis ...
but has since been determined to be a separate valley. It was named Maidalen (May valley) 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 1990 following in the Norwegian form an association with Maiviken.
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Landforms of South Georgia
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