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Enderby Plain (also known as Enderby Abyssal Plain or East Abyssal Plain) () is an undersea plain (or '' abyssal plain''), located off the coast of Enderby Land and Queen Maud Land,
East Antarctica East Antarctica, also called Greater Antarctica, constitutes the majority (two-thirds) of the Antarctic continent, lying on the Indian Ocean side of the continent, separated from West Antarctica by the Transantarctic Mountains. It lies almost ...
. The name was approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names
Advisory Committee on Undersea Features The United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) is a federal body operating under the United States Secretary of the Interior. The purpose of the board is to establish and maintain uniform usage of geographic names throughout the federal gov ...
in June 1988. This submarine terrain feature is named after the Enderby Brothers, owners of a 19th-century whaling company based in London, England. The company sponsored several expeditions to Antarctica in the mid-19th century.


See also

* Enderby Land


References

Abyssal plains of the Southern Ocean Landforms of Enderby Land Landforms of Queen Maud Land {{marine-geo-stub