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)
Mikhailov Canyon (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mikhailov Canyon (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Canyon (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.
Named after the Russian painter, Academician P.N. Mikhailov (1786-1840), participant in the first Russian Antarctic expedition (1820) on ship "Vostok". He prepared excellent detailed illustrations of the Antarctic coasts, which were used in Russian Sailing Direction up until 1930. Latitude 65°30'S - 64°15'S, longitude 85°30'E - 86°50'E.
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