Name details

Nielsen Deep

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

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

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Informal Antarctic/sub-Antarctic Gazetteer Id 140426

Feature type: Deep

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Informal Antarctic/sub-Antarctic Gazetteer.

Narrative

Coordinates are approximate only
Referenced here as “…shelf of East Antarctica was deeply eroded by glaciers and currents exposing the underlying ... extended seawards to occupy the Nielsen Deep during the…” in the paper https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter-Harris-15/publication/227214100_Geomorphology_and_sedimentology_of_the_continental_shelf_adjacent_to_Mac_Robertson_Land_East_Antarctica_A_scalped_shelf/links/5644c6d708ae451880a870a1/Geomorphology-and-sedimentology-of-the-continental-shelf-adjacent-to-Mac-Robertson-Land-East-Antarctica-A-scalped-shelf.pdf
and
Site Code. AA93 92 · Country. Antarctica · Precise Location. MacRobertson Shelf, NE of "Nielsen Deep" · Latitude. -67.2737 · Longitude. 65.4188 · Geodetic Datum. on the web at https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/659798
Not found in GEBCO or AAD databases July 2023

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 16' 25.3" S
-67.27370°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
65° 25' 07.7" E
65.41880°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
Unknown

Display Scales

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