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Jacobsen Valley (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Jacobsen Valley (The name as it would appear on a map)
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This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The shallow valley descending northwards from Mount Vinson (4892 m), the summit of Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains. Extending 3.5 km and 1.2 km wide. Bounded to the W by Branscomb Peak and Galicia Peak, and to the E by a minor ridge running between the E side of Mount Vinson to the S and Goodge Col to the N. Draining the valley is a glacier tributary to Branscomb Glacier, part of the classical route to the summit Mount Vinson. US mapping in 1988. Named after the Norwegian woman pioneer of Antarctica Solveig Gunbjørg Jacobsen (1913-1996), the first native child of the Antarctic region born in Grytviken on 8 October 1913.
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