Scott Canyon
Coordinates: 71 ° 35 ′ S , 179 ° 0 ′ E
The Scott Canyon is a deep-sea trench in the Antarctic Ross Sea off the Borchgrevink coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land .
It is named after the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott (1868–1912), who died on the Ross Ice Shelf while marching back from the geographic South Pole .
Web links
- Scott Canyon in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Scott Canyon in the database of the Marine gazetteer (English)