Borchgrevink Canyon
Coordinates: 70 ° 15 ′ S , 170 ° 15 ′ E
The Borchgrevink Canyon is a deep trench off the north coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is east of the Iselin Bank on the border between the Somow Sea and the Ross Sea .
The name recognized by the Advisory Committee for Undersea Features in 1988 was based on the name of the Borchgrevink coast , which was named after the Norwegian polar explorer Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink (1864-1934).
Web links
- Borchgrevink Canyon in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Borchgrevink Canyon on geographic.org (English)