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Filchner Trough

Coordinates: 77°S 36°W / 77°S 36°W / -77; -36
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The Filchner Trough (77°S 36°W / 77°S 36°W / -77; -36) is an undersea trough extending north from its associated feature, the Filchner Ice Shelf. The name, proposed by Heinrich Hinze of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany, was approved by the Advisory Committee for Undersea Features in June 1997.[1]

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  1. ^ "Filchner Trough". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-03-22.

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