Ives Bank

Ives Bank (67°40′S 68°12′W) 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]

Ives Bank
Submerged bank
Ives Bank (Antarctica)
OceanSouthern Ocean

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Ives Bank". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)


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