Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Atka Bank (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Atka Bank (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Bank (6)
This name originates from . It is part of the GEBCO Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature Names (SCUFN) Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Proposer: Dr.H. Hinze, AWI, German. Accredited by: SCUFN (Jun. 1997). Named after the US ship "Atka" which operated in this area and anchored in Atka Bay in 1956. Least depth: 200 m.
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