Coral Bank (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Coral Bank (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Bank
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer.
A submarine bank on the Kerguelen Plateau 89 nautical miles north-west from Heard Island. The bank is about 200 metres deep. The position has been fixed by echo sounding and GPS and it has been mapped by various survey vessels including the Eltanin, Cape Pillar, Professor Mesyatsev and RSV Aurora Australis. Many samples of spectacular large red gorgonian "soft corals" have been collected from this bank during recent fisheries research.
Named for the many samples of spectacular large red gorgonian "soft corals" which have been collected from this bank during recent fisheries research.
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