Bråteggbank
Coordinates: 65 ° 16 ′ S , 68 ° 35 ′ W
The Bråteggbank (Norwegian Bråteggen ) is a bank in the Southern Ocean that is at least 99 m below sea level . It is located 140 km north-northwest of the northern tip of Adelaide Island and around 115 km west-southwest of Hugo Island off the Graham coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula .
Participants in the Second Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1947–1948) mapped the formation and named it after their research vessel Bråtegg . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee accepted the designation on March 31, 1955, and the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names followed in 1956.
Web links
- Bråtegg Bank in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bråtegg Bank on geographic.org (English)
- Bråtegg Bank in the database of the Marine Gazetteer (English)