Mathys Bank () is a rock ridge rising to about , located southwest of
Mount Etchells in the
La Grange Nunataks,
Shackleton Range
The Shackleton Range is a mountain range in Antarctica. Rising at Holmes Summit to , it extends in an east–west direction for about between the Slessor and Recovery glaciers.
The range was named after Sir Ernest Shackleton, leader of the ...
, Antarctica. It was photographed from the air by the
U.S. Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage o ...
, 1967, and surveyed by the
British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968–71. It was named by the
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and ...
after
Nicholas Mathys, BAS general assistant at
Halley Station, 1967–69, who worked in the Shackleton Range in summer 1968–69.
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References
Ridges of Coats Land
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