Defant Bank

Defant Bank (76°50′S 31°40′W) is a submarine bank in the Weddell Sea named for Albert Defant (1884–1974), who was both a physician and an oceanographer/geophysicist specializing in tides. The name was proposed by Dr. Heinrich Hinze of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany, and was approved by the Advisory Committee for Undersea Features in June 1997.[1]

Defant Bank
Submerged bank
Defant Bank (Antarctica)
OceanSouthern Ocean

References
  1. "Defant Bank". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-01-06.

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