Carstens Shoal
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ S , 62 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ E | |
| Waters 1 | Holme Bay , Cooperation Lake , Southern Ocean | |
Carstens Shoal is an almost circular shoal on the coast of the East Antarctic Mac-Robertson-Land . In Holme Bay , it is just north of East Budd Island . It is at least 11.89 m below sea level.
It was discovered in 1961 by the hydrographic surveyor d'Arcy Thomas Gale (* 1911) as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions on board the ship Thala Dan . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named it after David Robert Carstens (* 1934), participant in the hydrographic surveys of the shoals and geodesy at Mawson Station in 1962.
Web links
- Carstens Shoal in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Carstens Shoal on geographic.org (English)