Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Explorer Shoals (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Explorer Shoals (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Shoal
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
An area of shoal water and isolated rocks extending about 200m to the north and 250m to the NNW from the tip of Cape Denison, on the east side of the entrance to Boat Harbour. Depths are less than three metres, and the swell breaks in areas of the shoal in moderate weather. The shoals are a hazard to navigation for vessels approaching the Cape from the E and NE. The existence of the shoals necessitates an approach to the entrance to Boat Harbour from the west. The vessel in which the voyages were made was named Dick Smith Explorer, and I have chosen the name 'Explorer Shoals' in recognition of the name of the vessel, and also in recognition of the Oceanic Research Foundation voyages as continuing and extending the work of earlier explorers. In these days with vastly improved navigation equipment and charts it is easy to overlook the results achieved by early explorers in mapping the coastline of Antarctica and making voyaging in the area safer for later generations.
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