Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Shirase Kaitei-koku (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Shirase Kaitei-koku (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Valley (6)
This name originates from Japan. It is part of the Japan Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A drowned huge glacial trough reaching to 1560 m deep, extending northward from Shirase HyƓga. North end of the trough is still unknown. Mapped from sounding by JARE, 1959-81, and named Shirase Kaitei-koku (submarine valley).
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