Explora Knoll

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]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from "Explora Knoll". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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

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