Palmer basin
Coordinates: 64 ° 57 ′ S , 64 ° 24 ′ W
The Palmer Basin is a small lake basin off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located south of the Palmer Archipelago and north-northwest of the Wilhelm Archipelago .
The designation, which has been recognized by the Advisory Committee for Undersea Features since January 2007, goes back to a proposal by Margareth Knuth of the National Science Foundation . The lake basin is named after the name of the Palmer station on the neighboring Anvers island . It is named after the American seal catcher captain Nathaniel Palmer (1799–1877).
Web links
- Palmer Basin in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Palmer Basin on geographic.org (English)