Lord Bank

Lord Bank (67°50′S 69°15′W) 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]

Lord Bank
Submerged bank
Lord Bank (Antarctica)
OceanSouthern Ocean

References

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


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