Wilson Canyon
Coordinates: 70 ° 35 ′ S , 176 ° 15 ′ E
The Wilson Canyon is a deep sea channel in the Antarctic Ross Sea . It is located off the northwest end of the Oates coast of the Victoria Land .
The name recognized by the Advisory Committee for Undersea Features in June 1988 was based on the name of the Wilson Hills . It is named after the British polar explorer Edward Adrian Wilson (1872–1912).
Web links
- Wilson Canyon in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wilson Canyon on geographic.org (English)
- Wilson Canyon in the database of the Marine gazetteer (English)