Name details

Rauer Deep

Rauer Deep (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Rauer Deep  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2593

Feature type: Deep

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A deep about 28 km long and about 10 km wide in the southeastern side of Prydz Bay off Ranvik Bay. It is wider towards the southeast. It is defined as being deeper than 750m on the bathymetric map and the deepest point exceeded 1200m as measured in 1982. It is 30 km due west of the southern tip of the Rauer Group.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 57' 00.0" S
-68.95000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
77° 15' 00.0" E
77.25000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
-750 m
Unknown precision

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
20-Apr-1998

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