Larsen Bank

Larsen Bank is a shoal with a least depth of 16 metres (52 ft) in the northern part of Newcomb Bay, Antarctica, located 1 kilometre (0.5 nmi) north of Kilby Island in the Windmill Islands.[1]

Larsen Bank
Submerged bank
Larsen Bank (Antarctica)
OceanSouthern Ocean
ArchipelagoWindmill Islands
Minimum depth16 m

It was discovered and charted in February 1957 by a party from the USS Glacier (AGB-4). The bank was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for Ludvig Larsen, second mate on the Thala Dan, used by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in a 1962 survey of Newcomb Bay.[1]

References
  1. "Larsen Bank". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-05-31.

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