Wordie Seamount

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Wordie Seamount is a seamount located in Bransfield Strait, Antarctica. The feature is named after James Wordie, geologist on Ernest Shackleton's 1914 expedition to Antarctica. [1] [2]

Location

Wordie Seamount is located at 61°48′S55°27′W / 61.800°S 55.450°W / -61.800; -55.450 , which is 37 km (23 mi) south of Gibbs Island in the South Shetland Islands.

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