Undersea Feature Name Proposal

SCUFN20-05B

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IHO/IOC Form No. 1

UNDERSEA FEATURE NAME PROPOSAL

(See NOTE overleaf)

Ocean or Sea_RossSea ______Name proposed ______AdareBasin ______

Coordinates :A - of midpoint or summit : Lat. ____71S, Long. ______175 E ______

______kilometres in ______direction from ______

and/orB - extremities (if linear feature) :

Lat. ______
Long. ______/ } / to /  / Lat. ______
Long. ______

Description (kind of feature) : ______small ocean basin______

Identifying or categorizing characteristics (shape, dimensions, total relief, least depth, steepness, etc.):

150 km x 120 km, 2000-2200 m depth

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Associated features : ______NW margin of Ross Sea______

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Chart reference :

Shown with name on chart No.

Ref Davey, F.J, 2004, RossSea Bathymetry, 1:2,000,000. version 1.0. Institute of Geological and nuclear Sciences Geophysical map 16. Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Ltd, Lower Hutt New Zealand

Shown but not named on chart No. ______

Not shown but within area covered by chart No. ______

Reason for choice of name (if a person, state how associated with the feature to be named) : ______

Named by Steve Cande after the adjacent feature on land - CapeAdare

Discovery facts :

Date _____pre 2000______by (individuals or ship) ______various______

By means of (equipment) : ______various______

Navigation used : ______Sat Nav and GPS______

Estimated positional accuracy in nautical miles : ______< 0.1______

Description of survey (track spacing, line crossing, grid network, etc.) : ______See Davey 2004______

______

Nature and repository of other survey activities (dredge samples, cores, magnetics, gravity,

photographs, etc.) : ______: seissmics data, cores, gravity and magnetics, mainly at LDEO and NGDC ___

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Supporting material : enclose, if possible, a sketch map of the survey area, profiles of the features, etc.,

with reference to prior publication, if any : ___See Cande, S.C., J.M. Stock, D. Müller, and T. Ishihara, Cenozoic Motion between East and West Antarctica, Nature, 404, 145-150, 2000, and Davey 2004, already forwarded______

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Submitted by : ______F J Davey______

Date : ______12 May 2006______

Address : ___Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, P O Box 30 368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand_

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Concurred in by (if applicable) : ______

Address : ______

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National Authority (if any) : ______

Address : ______

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NOTE: This form should be forwarded, when completed :

a)If the undersea feature is located in territorial waters :-

to your "National Authority for Approval of Undersea Feature Names" or, if this does not exist or is not known, either to the International Hydrographic Bureau or to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (see addresses below);

b)If the undersea feature is located in international waters :-

to the International Hydrographic Bureau or to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, at the following addresses :

International Hydrographic BureauIntergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

4, quai Antoine 1erUNESCO

B.P. 445Place de Fontenoy

MC 98011 MONACO CEDEX75700 PARIS

Principality of MONACOFRANCE

Fax: +377 93 10 81 40Fax: +33 1 45 68 58 12

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IHO/IOC Form No. 1

UNDERSEA FEATURE NAME PROPOSAL

(See NOTE overleaf)

Ocean or Sea_RossSea ______Name proposed ______Davey Bank ______

Coordinates :A - of midpoint or summit : Lat. __76.045°S__, Long. ____166.3°E______

______kilometres in ______direction from ______

and/orB - extremities (if linear feature) :

Lat. ______
Long. ______/ } / to /  / Lat. ______
Long. ______

Description (kind of feature) : Bank

Identifying or categorizing characteristics (shape, dimensions, total relief, least depth, steepness, etc.):

Bank on continental shelf, approximately 15 km long in north-south direction and 1 km wide, 550 m relief, minimum depth 130 m.

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Associated features : ______

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Chart reference :

Shown but not named on chart No. _ Ref Davey, F.J, 2004, RossSea Bathymetry, 1:2,000,000. version 1.0.

Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Geophysical map 16. Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Ltd, Lower Hutt New Zealand

Reason for choice of name (if a person, state how associated with the feature to be named) : ______

Dr Fred J Davey has carried out marine geophysical research in Antarctica since 1965 and prepared several published bathymetric charts of the RossSea. The bank was discovered during one of his surveys in 1981. He was Secretary/Vice-President of SCAR (ICSU Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research) for four years. He has recently retired.

Discovery facts :

Date _____1981______by (individuals or ship) _____F Davey (cruise leader) MV Benjamin Bowring______

By means of (equipment) : ______echosounder, model unknown______

Navigation used : ______GPS______

Estimated positional accuracy in nautical miles : ______< 0.1______

Description of survey (track spacing, line crossing, grid network, etc.) : ______See Bathymetry chart above______

______

Nature and repository of other survey activities (dredge samples, cores, magnetics, gravity,

photographs, etc.) : ______:seismic measurements, gravity and magnetics, mainly at GNS Science and NGDC ___

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Supporting material : enclose, if possible, a sketch map of the survey area, profiles of the features, etc.,

with reference to prior publication, if any : ___See Davey 2004, already forwarded______

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Submitted by : ______Professor P Barrett______

Date : ______12 June 2006______

Address : ___Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand_

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Concurred in by (if applicable) : _Professor Lionel Carter

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Address : Antarctic Research Centre, VictoriaUniversity of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand ______

National Authority (if any) : ______

Address : ______

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NOTE: This form should be forwarded, when completed :

a)If the undersea feature is located in territorial waters :-

b)If the undersea feature is located in international waters :-

to the International Hydrographic Bureau or to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, at the following addresses :

International Hydrographic BureauIntergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

4, quai Antoine 1erUNESCO

B.P. 445Place de Fontenoy

MC 98011 MONACO CEDEX75700 PARIS

Principality of MONACOFRANCE

Fax: +377 93 10 81 40Fax: +33 1 45 68 58 12

E-mail: -mail:

______

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IHO/IOC Form No. 1

UNDERSEA FEATURE NAME PROPOSAL

(See NOTE overleaf)

Ocean or Sea_RossSea ______Name proposed ______Julia Seamount ______

Coordinates :A - of midpoint or summit : Lat. ____69 25S, Long. ______178 40W ______

______kilometres in ______direction from ______

and/orB - extremities (if linear feature) :

Lat. ______
Long. ______/ } / to /  / Lat. ______
Long. ______

Description (kind of feature) : ______oceanic seamount______

Identifying or categorizing characteristics (shape, dimensions, total relief, least depth, steepness, etc.):

Seamount 40 km diameter, 2300 m relief, minimum depth 1610 m.

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Associated features : ______SW end of Scott Rift______

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Chart reference :

Shown with name on chart No.

Shown but not named on chart No. ______

Not shown but within area covered by chart No. ______

Reason for choice of name (if a person, state how associated with the feature to be named) : ______

Named after Julia Davey, daughter of Dr F J Davey who carried out marine geophysical research off the Antarctic Peninsula from 1965 - 70, and in the RossSea region from 1971 to 2004, and has published several bathymetric maps of parts the offshore Antarctic region. He was also Vice-President of SCAR (ICSU Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research).
Precedent for naming

Peggy Bank, LauBasin, named by Dr Roger Larsen after his wife Peggy

Marie Byrd Land, named by Richard Byrd after his wife Marie

Discovery facts :

Date _____pre 2000______by (individuals or ship) ______various______

By means of (equipment) : ______various______

Navigation used : ______Sat Nav and GPS______

Estimated positional accuracy in nautical miles : ______< 0.1______

Description of survey (track spacing, line crossing, grid network, etc.) : ______See Davey 2004______

______

Nature and repository of other survey activities (dredge samples, cores, magnetics, gravity,

photographs, etc.) : ______: gravity and magnetics, mainly at NGDC ___

______

Supporting material : enclose, if possible, a sketch map of the survey area, profiles of the features, etc.,

with reference to prior publication, if any : ___See Davey 2004, already forwarded______

______

Submitted by : ______F J Davey______

Date : ______12 May 2006______

Address : ___156 RingawhatiRoad, Otaki, New Zealand/Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, P O Box 30 368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand_

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Concurred in by (if applicable) : ______

Address : ______

______

National Authority (if any) : ______

Address : ______

______

NOTE: This form should be forwarded, when completed :

a)If the undersea feature is located in territorial waters :-

b)If the undersea feature is located in international waters :-

to the International Hydrographic Bureau or to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, at the following addresses :

International Hydrographic BureauIntergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

4, quai Antoine 1erUNESCO

B.P. 445Place de Fontenoy

MC 98011 MONACO CEDEX75700 PARIS

Principality of MONACOFRANCE

Fax: +377 93 10 81 40Fax: +33 1 45 68 58 12

E-mail: -mail:

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HYDROGRAPHIC
ORGANIZATION
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OCEANOGRAPHIC
COMMISSION (of UNESCO)
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IHO/IOC Form No. 1

UNDERSEA FEATURE NAME PROPOSAL

(See NOTE overleaf)

Ocean or Sea_RossSea ______Name proposed ____Marion Seamount ______

Coordinates :A - of midpoint or summit : Lat. ____69 55S , Long. ______176 10E ______

______kilometres in ______direction from ______

and/orB - extremities (if linear feature) :

Lat. ______
Long. ______/ } / to /  / Lat. ______
Long. ______

Description (kind of feature) : ______oceanic seamount______

Identifying or categorizing characteristics (shape, dimensions, total relief, least depth, steepness, etc.):

Seamount 30 km diameter, 2800 m relief, minimum depth 595 m.

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Associated features : ______

______

Chart reference :

Shown with name on chart No.

Shown but not named on chart No. ______

Not shown but within area covered by chart No. ______

Reason for choice of name (if a person, state how associated with the feature to be named) : ______

Named after Marion Davey, daughter of Dr F J Davey who carried out marine geophysical research off the Antarctic Peninsula from 1965 - 70, and in the RossSea region from 1971 to 2004, and has published several bathymetric maps of parts the offshore Antarctic region. He was also Vice-President of SCAR (ICSU Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research).
Precedent for naming

Peggy Bank, LauBasin, named by Dr Roger Larsen after his wife Peggy

Marie Byrd Land, named by Richard Byrd after his wife Marie

Discovery facts :

Date _____pre 2000______by (individuals or ship) ______various______

By means of (equipment) : ______various______

Navigation used : ______Sat Nav and GPS______

Estimated positional accuracy in nautical miles : ______< 0.1______

Description of survey (track spacing, line crossing, grid network, etc.) : ______See Davey 2004______

______

Nature and repository of other survey activities (dredge samples, cores, magnetics, gravity,

photographs, etc.) : ______: gravity and magnetics, mainly at NGDC ___

______

Supporting material : enclose, if possible, a sketch map of the survey area, profiles of the features, etc.,

with reference to prior publication, if any : ___See Davey 2004, already forwarded______

______

Submitted by : ______F J Davey______

Date : ______12 May 2006______

Address : ___156 RingawhatiRoad, Otaki, New Zealand/Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, P O Box 30 368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand_

______

Concurred in by (if applicable) : ______

Address : ______

______

National Authority (if any) : ______

Address : ______

NOTE: This form should be forwarded, when completed :

a)If the undersea feature is located in territorial waters :-

b)If the undersea feature is located in international waters :-

to the International Hydrographic Bureau or to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, at the following addresses :

International Hydrographic BureauIntergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

4, quai Antoine 1erUNESCO

B.P. 445Place de Fontenoy

MC 98011 MONACO CEDEX75700 PARIS

Principality of MONACOFRANCE

Fax: +377 93 10 81 40Fax: +33 1 45 68 58 12

E-mail: -mail:

______

INTERNATIONAL
HYDROGRAPHIC
ORGANIZATION
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OCEANOGRAPHIC
COMMISSION (of UNESCO)
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IHO/IOC Form No. 1

UNDERSEA FEATURE NAME PROPOSAL

(See NOTE overleaf)

Ocean or Sea_RossSea ______Name proposed ______CentralBasin ______

Coordinates :A - of midpoint or summit : Lat. ____72.3S, Long. ______178 E ______

______kilometres in ______direction from ______

and/orB - extremities (if linear feature) :

Lat. ______
Long. ______/ } / to /  / Lat. ______
Long. ______

Description (kind of feature) : ______small ocean basin______

Identifying or categorizing characteristics (shape, dimensions, total relief, least depth, steepness, etc.):

120 km x 120 km, 2000-2200 m depth

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Associated features : ______central margin of Ross Sea______

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Chart reference :

Shown with name on chart No.

Shown but not named on chart No. ______

Not shown but within area covered by chart No. ______

Reason for choice of name (if a person, state how associated with the feature to be named) : ______

Named by Steve Cande as midway between AdareBasin and Iselin Bank and approximately central along the RossSea margin. It also lies approximately on the northern extension of a geological rift under the continental shelf called Central Trough

Discovery facts :

Date _____pre 1975______by (individuals or ship) ______various______

By means of (equipment) : ______various______

Navigation used : ______Sat Nav and GPS______

Estimated positional accuracy in nautical miles : ______< 0.1______

Description of survey (track spacing, line crossing, grid network, etc.) : ______See Davey 2004______

______

Nature and repository of other survey activities (dredge samples, cores, magnetics, gravity,

photographs, etc.) : ______: seismic data, cores, gravity and magnetics, mainly at LDEO and NGDC ___

______

Supporting material : enclose, if possible, a sketch map of the survey area, profiles of the features, etc.,

______

Submitted by : ______F J Davey______

Date : ______12 May 2006______

Address : ___Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, P O Box 30 368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand_

______

Concurred in by (if applicable) : ______

Address : ______

National Authority (if any) : ______

Address : ______

______

NOTE: This form should be forwarded, when completed :

a)If the undersea feature is located in territorial waters :-

b)If the undersea feature is located in international waters :-

to the International Hydrographic Bureau or to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, at the following addresses :

International Hydrographic BureauIntergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

4, quai Antoine 1erUNESCO

B.P. 445Place de Fontenoy

MC 98011 MONACO CEDEX75700 PARIS

Principality of MONACOFRANCE

Fax: +377 93 10 81 40Fax: +33 1 45 68 58 12

E-mail: -mail:

______

INTERNATIONAL
HYDROGRAPHIC
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OCEANOGRAPHIC
COMMISSION (of UNESCO)
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IHO/IOC Form No. 1

UNDERSEA FEATURE NAME PROPOSAL

(See NOTE overleaf)

Ocean or Sea_RossSea ______Name proposed ______Hayes Bank ______

Coordinates :A - of midpoint or summit : Lat. ______, Long. ______

______kilometres in ______direction from ______

and/orB - extremities (if linear feature) :

Lat. ______75.5 S______
Long. ______172 W______/ } / to /  / Lat. ______79 S______
Long. _____173 W______

Description (kind of feature) : ______Continental Shelf bank______

Identifying or categorizing characteristics (shape, dimensions, total relief, least depth, steepness, etc.):

Linear bank about 400 km by 50 km, 100 m relief, minimum depth 420 m.

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Associated features : ______

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Chart reference :

Shown with name on chart No.

Shown but not named on chart No. ______

Not shown but within area covered by chart No. ______

Reason for choice of name (if a person, state how associated with the feature to be named) : ______

Dr Dennis Hayes, is a marine geophysicist who worked in and published extensively on the Antarctic region with the NSF USNS Eltanin program in the 1960s through 1980s. He has worked in the RossSea and co-authored a published 1974 bathymetry compilation. He is a Professor at ColumbiaUniversity and was Deputy Director of Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University.

Discovery facts :

Date _____1972______by (individuals or ship) ______various______

By means of (equipment) : ______various______

Navigation used : ______Sat Nav and GPS______

Estimated positional accuracy in nautical miles : ______< 0.1______

Description of survey (track spacing, line crossing, grid network, etc.) : ______See Davey 2004______

______

Nature and repository of other survey activities (dredge samples, cores, magnetics, gravity,

photographs, etc.) : ______: Seismic data, cores, gravity and magnetics, mainly at LDEO and NGDC ___

______

Supporting material : enclose, if possible, a sketch map of the survey area, profiles of the features, etc.,

with reference to prior publication, if any : ___See Davey 2004, already forwarded______

______

Submitted by : ______F J Davey______

Date : ______12 May 2006______

Address : ___Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, P O Box 30 368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand_

______

Concurred in by (if applicable) : ______

Address : ______

National Authority (if any) : __New Zealand Geographic Board______

Address : ______

NOTE: This form should be forwarded, when completed :

a)If the undersea feature is located in territorial waters :-

b)If the undersea feature is located in international waters :-

to the International Hydrographic Bureau or to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, at the following addresses :

International Hydrographic BureauIntergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

4, quai Antoine 1erUNESCO

B.P. 445Place de Fontenoy

MC 98011 MONACO CEDEX75700 PARIS

Principality of MONACOFRANCE

Fax: +377 93 10 81 40Fax: +33 1 45 68 58 12

E-mail: -mail:

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HYDROGRAPHIC
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OCEANOGRAPHIC
COMMISSION (of UNESCO)
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IHO/IOC Form No. 1

UNDERSEA FEATURE NAME PROPOSAL

(See NOTE overleaf)

Ocean or Sea_RossSea ______Name proposed ______Houtz Bank ______

Coordinates :A - of midpoint or summit : Lat. ______, Long. ______

______kilometres in ______direction from ______

and/orB - extremities (if linear feature) :

Lat. ______75.5 S______
Long. ______167 W______/ } / to /  / Lat. ______78.5 S______
Long. _____166 W______

Description (kind of feature) : ______Continental Shelf bank______

Identifying or categorizing characteristics (shape, dimensions, total relief, least depth, steepness, etc.):

Linear bank about 350 km by 70 km, 150 m relief, minimum depth 395 m.

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Associated features : _RooseveltIsland to the south______

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Chart reference :

Shown with name on chart No.

Shown but not named on chart No. ______

Not shown but within area covered by chart No. ______

Reason for choice of name (if a person, state how associated with the feature to be named) : ______

Dr R Houtz, is a marine geophysicist who carried out some of the extensive marine geophysical research in the RossSea and the Southern Oceans in the 1960s through 1980s while on the research staff of Lamont Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University. Co-authored the first comprehensive mapping of the geological structure and sedimentary cover of the RossSea shelf in 1967 - 1972.

Discovery facts :

Date _____1972______by (individuals or ship) ______various______

By means of (equipment) : ______various______

Navigation used : ______Sat Nav and GPS______

Estimated positional accuracy in nautical miles : ______< 0.1______

Description of survey (track spacing, line crossing, grid network, etc.) : ______See Davey 2004______

______

Nature and repository of other survey activities (dredge samples, cores, magnetics, gravity,

photographs, etc.) : Seismic data, cores, gravity and magnetics, mainly at LDEO and NGDC

______

Supporting material : enclose, if possible, a sketch map of the survey area, profiles of the features, etc.,

with reference to prior publication, if any : ___See Davey 2004, already forwarded______

______

Submitted by : ______F J Davey______

Date : ______12 May 2006______

Address : ___Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, P O Box 30 368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand_

______

Concurred in by (if applicable) : ______

Address : ______

______

National Authority (if any) : New Zealand Geographic Board______

Address : ______

NOTE: This form should be forwarded, when completed :

a)If the undersea feature is located in territorial waters :-

b)If the undersea feature is located in international waters :-

to the International Hydrographic Bureau or to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, at the following addresses :

International Hydrographic BureauIntergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

4, quai Antoine 1erUNESCO

B.P. 445Place de Fontenoy

MC 98011 MONACO CEDEX75700 PARIS

Principality of MONACOFRANCE

Fax: +377 93 10 81 40Fax: +33 1 45 68 58 12

E-mail: -mail:

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