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Hofmann Trough

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Hofmann Trough
Submerged bank
Hofmann Trough is located in Antarctica
Hofmann Trough
Hofmann Trough (Antarctica)
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OceanSouthern Ocean

The Hofmann Trough (77°0′S 32°30′W / 77.000°S 32.500°W / -77.000; -32.500) is a submarine bank in the Weddell Sea. It is named for Walther Hofmann (1920–1993), a cartographer/photogrammetrist on polar expeditions. The name was proposed by Heinrich Hinze of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany, and was approved by the Advisory Committee for Undersea Features in June 1997.[1]

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  1. ^ "Hofmann Trough". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-06-20.

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