Charcot fan
Coordinates: 69 ° 41 ′ S , 86 ° 39 ′ W
The Charcot Fan (English for Charcot fan , alternatively: Charcot Deep-Sea Fan ) is a deep-sea formation in the Southern Ocean . It lies off the coast of the West Antarctic Ellsworthland .
It is named after the French polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867–1936). The US Advisory Committee for Undersea Features (ACUF) confirmed the designation in June 1988.
Web links
- Charcot fan in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Charcot Fan on geographic.org (English)
- Charcot fan in the database of the Marine Gazetteer (English)