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Dalmor Bank ( 62°10′S58°32′W / 62.167°S 58.533°W / -62.167; -58.533 ) is a submarine bank with a least depth of about 80 metres (260 ft), lying off the east end of Dufayel Island in Ezcurra Inlet, King George Island. It was named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition after the expedition ship Dalmor, which first used the bank in 1977 as the best anchorage in the inlet.

Dufayel Island

Dufayel Island is an island lying near the center of Ezcurra Inlet, Admiralty Bay, in the South Shetland Islands. It was charted and named in December 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot.

Ezcurra Inlet

Ezcurra Inlet is an inlet forming the western arm of Admiralty Bay, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It was charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and named "Fiord Ezcurra" after Pedro de Ezcurra, an Argentine politician and Minister of Agriculture in 1908, who assisted the French expedition.

King George Island (South Shetland Islands) island of the South Shetland Islands

King George Island is the largest of the South Shetland Islands, lying 120 km off the coast of Antarctica in the Southern Ocean. The island was named after King George III.

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