Explora Knoll is an undersea knoll named for the Antarctic science ship F.S. Explora. The name was proposed by Dr. Heinrich Hinze of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany, and was approved by the Advisory Committee for Undersea Features in June 1997.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Explora Knoll". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 12 March 2012.

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72°0′S 24°0′W / 72.000°S 24.000°W / -72.000; -24.000


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