Ellsworth Bank

Ellsworth Bank (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Ellsworth Bank  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 4203
Name ID: 136495

Feature type: Bank (6)

Origin

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.

Narrative

Accredited by: SCUFN (May 1995). Presumably named after the American Lincoln Ellsworth who financed Amundsen's trans-north polar flight in the airship "Norge". Taken from NZOI Bathymetric map "Balleny". Relief: > 2,500 m, minimum depth: < 250 m.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
65° 35' 00.0" S
-65.58333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
161° 44' 00.0" E
161.73333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1995

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