Evermann Bank
Coordinates: 54 ° 1 ′ S , 38 ° 4 ′ W
The Evermann Bank ( English for wet Cold Fenn ) is characterized by rocks and boulders shore area on Bird Iceland in the archipelago of South Georgia in the South Atlantic . It lies between Stejneger Peak and the head end of Evermann Cove and is visited by the Antarctic fur seals.
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1982 based on the bay of the same name. Its namesake is the American ichthyologist Barton Warren Evermann (1853-1932), who worked for the US Bureau of Fisheries between 1891 and 1914 for the protection of fur seals .
Web links
- Evermann Bank . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)