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)
Wega, Canale (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Wega, Canale (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: None recorded.
This name originates from Italy. It is part of the Italy Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Submarine channel along the continental rise off of the George V Land, between Jussieu Channel and Buffon Canyon. It is 30 km wide and about 100 km long with direction from South to North. Discovered in March 2000 during a survey under the WEGA (WilkEs basin GlAcial history) Project, a joint Italian and Australian Antarctic programme.
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