Pennell Bank
| Pennell Bank | ||
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| Waters | Ross Sea | |
| Geographical location | 74 ° 30 ′ S , 179 ° 59 ′ E | |
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The Pennell Bank ( English ) is a submarine bank on the Antarctic continental shelf . It is located in the eastern part of the Ross Sea .
The bank's designation has been recognized by the Advisory Committee for Undersea Features since February 1964 . It is named after Harry Lewin Lee Pennell (1882–1916), first officer on board the Terra Nova in the Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913) of the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott .
Web links
- Pennell Bank in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pennell Bank on geographic.org (English)
- Pennell Bank in the database of the Marine Gazetteer (English)