Belgica Guyot
Belgica Guyot (65°30′S 90°30′W / 65.500°S 90.500°WCoordinates: 65°30′S 90°30′W / 65.500°S 90.500°W) is an undersea tablemount named for the Belgian research ship Belgica, used in the first Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1896–1899). The name was proposed by Dr. of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany, and approved by the Advisory Committee for Undersea Features in June, 1997. The minimal recorded depth is 380m.[1]
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- This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Belgica Guyot". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
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- Seamounts of the Southern Ocean
- Guyots
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