McDonald Bank

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McDonald Bank
Submerged bank
McDonald Bank is located in Antarctica
McDonald Bank
McDonald Bank (Antarctica)
OceanSouthern Ocean

McDonald Bank (

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75°30′S 26°35′W / 75.500°S 26.583°W / -75.500; -26.583) is a submarine bank in the Weddell Sea named in association with the McDonald Ice Rumples. The name was proposed by Dr. of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany, and was approved by the Advisory Committee for Undersea Features in June 1997.[1]

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  1. ^ "McDonald Bank". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-09-05.

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