Lord Bank

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Lord Bank
Submerged bank
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Lord Bank (Antarctica)
Lord Bank
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Lord Bank ( 67°50′S69°15′W / 67.833°S 69.250°W / -67.833; -69.250 ) is a submarine bank in the Bellingshausen Sea with a least depth of 18 metres (60 ft) lying west-southwest of the entrance to Quest Channel, Adelaide Island, Antarctica. The bank was surveyed from HMS Endurance in January 1980 and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Captain James Trevor Lord, Royal Navy, the commanding officer of HMS Endurance, 1978–80. [1]

References

  1. "Lord Bank". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2013-07-02.

PD-icon.svg This article incorporates public domain material from "Lord Bank". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.