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)
Austaasen Bank (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Austaasen Bank (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Bank (6)
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, Germany, Jan. 1997. Accredited by: SCUFN (Jun. 1997). "Austaasen" is Scandinavian (Norwegian?) for "Eastern Hill" (elevation), i.e. the elevation east of the former Maudheim research station. Least depth : 200 m.
No images of this place could be found.