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Glomar Challenger Basin

Coordinates: 77°45′S 180°0′E / 77.750°S 180.000°E / -77.750; 180.000
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Glomar Challenger Basin (77°45′S 180°0′E / 77.750°S 180.000°E / -77.750; 180.000) is a northeast trending undersea basin in the central Ross Sea continental shelf named for the research ship Glomar Challenger. The name was approved by the Advisory Committee for Undersea Features in June 1988.[1]

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  1. ^ "Glomar Challenger Basin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 26 April 2012.

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