Wordie Seamount

Wordie Seamount is a seamount located in Bransfield Strait, Antarctica. The feature is named after James Wordie, geologist on Ernest Shackleton's 1914 expedition to Antarctica.[1][2]

South Shetland Islands

Location

Wordie Seamount is located at 61°48′S 55°27′W, which is 37 km south of Gibbs Island in the South Shetland Islands.

References
  1. Wordie Seamount. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
  2. GEBCO Gazetteer of Geographic Names of Undersea Features.


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