Hope Valley, South Georgia

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Hope Valley runs east-north-east from south-facing Undine Harbour near the north-westernmost tip of South Georgia, carrying a small river to the bay.

The valley was named Tal der Hoffnung by the German South Georgia Expedition, as recorded in 1930; Tal der Guten Hoffnung ('Valley of the Good Hope') appears on the Wilckens map of 1947. The English name is a translation of the German.

The name 'Undine River' was given to the river in this valley, so that the Rankin map calls the valley the 'Undine Valley'[1]. It appears as the 'Hope Valley' in later British maps.[2] The name 'Hope River' has been given to the river in this valley.[3]

Location

References

  1. Rankin, 1951, p. 192
  2. APC, 1958, p. 5; BA, 1977, p. 3
  3. BA, 1961, p. 118