Ives Bank | |
Subdivision Type: | Ocean |
Subdivision Name: | Southern Ocean |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Ives Bank (-67.6667°N -80°W) is a submarine bank with a least depth of 11m (36feet) in the Bellingshausen Sea. It is located in the southern approaches to Ryder Bay, Adelaide Island, Antarctica, south of the Mikkelsen Islands. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Lieutenant Commander David M. Ives, Royal Navy, who surveyed this bank from HMS Endurance in March 1981.