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.
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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
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