Name details

OGS-Explora Mounds

OGS-Explora Mounds (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

OGS-Explora Mounds (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Italy Gazetteer Id 136634

Feature type: None recorded.

Origin

This name originates from Italy. It is part of the Italy Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

Area (40x30 km, depth 400-900m) characterized by an unusual concentration of submarine mounds (700 to 2500m diameter, 50 to 100m height) in the West Ross Sea. Two mud volcanoes and 15 mounds were identified in the area. Discovered during the geophysical campaign of the R/V OGS-Explora (austral summer 2005-2006).

Named For

Location

Latitude:

75° 54' 15.0" S

-75.90417°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

165° 57' 45.0" E

165.96250°

Unknown precision

Altitude:

Not recorded

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:

Unknown

Date approved:

6-Dec-2007

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