Vaughan Seamount
Vaughan Bank | |
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Seamount
  Vaughan Seamount (Antarctica) | |
| Ocean | Southern Ocean |
Vaughan Seamount (67°37′S 163°30′E / 67.617°S 163.500°E), formerly Vaughan Bank, is a seamount and submarine bank in the Balleny Islands area. It was named for V. J. Vaughan, Commanding Officer, USS Glacier used in the U.S./New Zealand Balleny Island Expedition (1965). Name approved 4/80 (ACUF 201).
In June 2017, the New Zealand Geographic Board altered the unofficial name "Vaughan Bank" to "Vaughan Seamount".[1]
References
This article incorporates public domain material from "Vaughan Seamount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ "Notice of Decisions to Alter and Adopt Undersea Feature Names". New Zealand Gazette. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
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