Discovery Bank (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Discovery 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 108 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. The RRS Discovery did important bathymetric and oceanographic work in this vicinity on the first BANZARE voyage in 1929-30.
Named for the RRS Discovery which did important bathymetric and oceanographic work in this vicinity on the first BANZARE voyage in 1929-30.
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