Name details

Nanok Deep

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 391

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 bathymetric deep slightly elongated in a NE-SW direction but with irregular boundaries which are poorly defined. The Nanok Deep is below 500 m and extends under the Amery Ice Shelf.

Named For

Named for the ship Nanok Sunder charter to the Antarctic Division at the time of study of the distribution of foraminiferids in Prydz Bay.

Location

Latitude:

68° 40' 00.1" S

-68.66669°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

71° 00' 00.0" E

71.00000°

Unknown precision

Altitude:

-500 m

Unknown precision

Images

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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:

Official

Date approved:

7-Mar-1991

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Aus_display_scale_250k:	Yes	Aus_display_scale_100k:	Yes
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