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)
Weddell Abyssal Plain (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Weddell Abyssal Plain (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Plain (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.
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Named after James Weddell who discovered the Weddell Sea during his Antarctic voyage 1822-24. Shown as Plain in ACUF Gazetteer (June 1987). Latitude 65°30'S - 64°00'S, longitude 40°00'W - 10°00'W.
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