Da Vinci Bank
Coordinates: 77 ° 30 ′ S , 34 ° 30 ′ W
Da Vinci Bank ( English , formerly Vinci bank ) is at least 300 m below sea level lies bank in the Weddell Sea off the coast of the East Antarctic Coats country .
The formation is named at the suggestion of the surveyor and glaciologist Heinrich Hinze from the Alfred Wegener Institute after the Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). The designation was confirmed in November 2005 by the US Advisory Committee for Undersea Features (ACUF).
Web links
- Da Vinci bank in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Da Vinci Bank on geographic.org (English)
- Da Vinci Bank in the database of the Marine Gazetteer (English)