Entrance Shoal
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ S , 62 ° 52 ′ 0 ″ E | |
| Waters 1 | Horseshoe Harbor in Holme Bay | |
Entrance Shoal is a shoal off the Mawson Coast of the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . Its shallowest depth is 7.9 m below sea level. It is located immediately west of Entrance Island at the northwest entrance to Horseshoe Harbor in Holme Bay .
The hydrographer D'Arcy Thomas Gale (* 1911) mapped the shoal in February 1961 from aboard the ship Thala Dan during a campaign as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The naming was based on that of Entrance Island.
Web links
- Entrance Shoal in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Entrance Shoal on geographic.org (English)