South Shetland Trough

Coordinates: 61 ° 30 ′  S , 61 ° 5 ′  W

South Shetland Trough​

Antarctic

The South Shetland Trough is a deep sea channel in the Southern Ocean . It is located on Drake Strait north of the archipelago of the eponymous South Shetland Islands .

The designation was confirmed in January 1977 by the US Advisory Committee for Undersea Features (ACUF).

Web links

• South Shetland Trough in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• South Shetland Trough on geographic.org (English)
• South Shetland Trough in the database of the Marine Gazetteer (English)