Ives Bank
Ives Bank | |
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Submerged bank
Ives Bank (Antarctica) | |
Ocean | Southern Ocean |
Ives Bank (67°40′S 68°12′W / 67.667°S 68.200°W) is a submarine bank with a least depth of 11 metres (6 fathoms) in the Bellingshausen Sea. It is located in the southern approaches to Ryder Bay, Adelaide Island, Antarctica, 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the Mikkelsen Islands. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Lieutenant Commander , Royal Navy, who surveyed this bank from HMS Endurance in March 1981.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Ives Bank". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-07-12.
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Categories:
- Undersea banks of the Southern Ocean
- Landforms of Graham Land
- Landforms of Adelaide Island
- Marine geography stubs