Polarstern Canyon
Coordinates: 71 ° 30 ′ S , 21 ° 0 ′ W
The Polarstern Canyon is a deep ditch in the Weddell Sea off the Caird Coast of the East Antarctic Coats country .
It is named after the German research ship Polarstern at the suggestion of the surveyor and glaciologist Heinrich Hinze from the Alfred Wegener Institute . The designation was confirmed in June 1997 by the US Advisory Committee for Undersea Features (ACUF).
Web links
- Polarstern Canyon in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Polarstern Canyon on geographic.org (English)
- Polar Star Canyon in the database of the Marine gazetteer (English)