Fram Bank

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

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

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Place ID: 4892
Name ID: 26

Feature type: Bank

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

This submarine bank north of Mackenzie Bay. It was located by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson on 27-28 December, 1929, and extended by further observations by BANZARE in February, 1931. It was also explored by a Norwegian expedition under Lars Christensen on 4 February, 1931, and named by him after the polar ship Fram.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 25' 00.1" S
-67.41669°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
69° 40' 00.1" E
69.66669°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1966
Catalogue id
762A3
Caption
Fram Bank on the Lars Christiansen Coast 67 degrees 38 minute south 139 degrees 50 minutes east
Photographer
Law, Phillip Garth (Phil)

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Bathymetric Grid for the region 60E to 90E, 48S to 70S
Source Identifier:
Metadata ( kerg_ant_bathy - Bathymetric Grid for the region 60E to 90E, 48S to 70S )
Source Scale:
1:0.005 Grid
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

Related information

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