Ives Bank
Submerged bank in Southern Ocean
Ives Bank | |
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Submerged bank   Ives Bank (Antarctica) | |
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Ives Bank (67°40′S 68°12′W / 67.667°S 68.200°W / -67.667; -68.200) is a submarine bank with a least depth of 11 metres (6 fathoms) in the Bellingshausen Sea. It is located in the southern approaches to Ryder Bay, Adelaide Island, Antarctica, 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the Mikkelsen Islands. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Lieutenant Commander David M. Ives, Royal Navy, who surveyed this bank from HMS Endurance in March 1981.[1]
References
- ^ "Ives Bank". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-07-12.
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Adelaide Island
- Rothera Research Station
- Teniente Luis Carvajal Villaroel Antarctic Base
and nunatuks
- Mount Barre
- Mount Bodys
- Mount Bouvier
- Bond Nunatak
- Dewar Nunatak
- Mount Ditte
- Mount Gaudry
- Hunt Peak
- Lincoln Nunatak
- Mount Liotard
- Mount Machatschek
- Mount Mangin
- Mount Reeves
- Sighing Peak
- Stokes Peaks
- Mount Velain
- Visser Hill
features
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