Wordie Seamount Explained

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]

Location

Wordie Seamount is located at -61.8°N -82°W, which is 37km (23miles) south of Gibbs Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Notes and References

  1. https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=136431 Wordie Seamount.
  2. http://www.gebco.net/data_and_products/undersea_feature_names/documents/gebco_gazetteer.pdf GEBCO Gazetteer of Geographic Names of Undersea Features.