Oates Bank () is a
submarine bank
An ocean bank, sometimes referred to as a fishing bank or simply bank, is a part of the seabed that is shallow compared to its surrounding area, such as a shoal or the top of an underwater hill. Somewhat like continental slopes, ocean bank sl ...
off the coast of
Oates Land
Oates Land is a region of Antarctica. It is variously defined as a portion of the East Antarctica near the coast stretching along and inland from the Oates Coast (see map) and as an officially delineated wedge-shaped segment of the Australian A ...
. The name, in association with
Oates Coast
Oates Coast () is that portion of the coast of Antarctica between Cape Hudson and Cape Williams. It forms the coast of Oates Land, part of the Australian claim to the Antarctic. The eastern portion of this coast was discovered in February 191 ...
, was proposed by Dr.
Steven C. Cande,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Name approved 9/97 (ACUF 272).
See also
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Somov Sea
Somov Sea (, ''More Somova'') was a proposed name for part of the Southern Ocean. It would be located north of the easternmost part of the Antarctica, Antarctic subcontinent East Antarctica, north of Oates Coast, Victoria Land, and of George V Co ...
References
Undersea banks of the Southern Ocean
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