Behaim Seamount
Coordinates: 67 ° 46 ′ S , 10 ° 57 ′ W
The Behaim Seamount is a deep-sea mountain on the eastern edge of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica . It lies far off the Princess Martha coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land .
The formation was named at the suggestion of the surveyor and glaciologist Heinrich Hinze from the Alfred Wegener Institute . It is named after the German cartographer, astronomer and cosmographer Martin Behaim (1459–1506), who was awarded the first use of the astrolabe for ship navigation in 1480.
Web links
- Behaim Seamount in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Behaim Seamount on marineregions.org (English)