Umitaka Bank
Coordinates: 67 ° 25 ′ S , 167 ° 0 ′ E
The Umitaka Bank ( English ; also known as Umitaka Seamount ) is a bank in the Antarctic Somow Sea . It is off the Pennell coast of Victoria Land .
The name, which has been recognized by the US Advisory Committee for Undersea Features (ACUF) since 1980, is named after the Japanese research vessel Umitaka Maru , which carried out depth soundings in this area between 1964 and 1965 .
Web links
- Umitaka Bank in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Umitaka Bank on geographic.org (English)
- Umitaka Bank in the database of the Marine Gazetteer (English)