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Seamount in the Southern Ocean

Indira Mount
Indira Mount
Highest point
Coordinates	53°39.79′S 47°55.82′E / 53.66317°S 47.93033°E / -53.66317; 47.93033

Indira Mount is a seabed mountain in the Antarctic Ocean (also known as the Southern Ocean). It was discovered during the First Indian Expedition to Antarctica (1981–82) when the team was moving from Mauritius to Antarctica. It was named as Indira Mount after the former Prime Minister of India Mrs Indira Gandhi by the expedition members.

References

^ Department of Ocean Development, Government of India. Annual Report 1983-1984, TECHNICAL PUBLICATION NO. 3., Printed at Dee Kay Printers Kirtinagar, New Delhi

H N Siddiquie, G C Bhattacharya, M C Pathak, S Z Qasim: Indira Mount — An Underwater Mountain in the Antarctic Ocean, - Scientific report of first Indian Expedition to Antarctica (DEPARTMENT OF OCEAN DEVELOPMENT, DOD Technical Publications 1, Borker Printers, Margao - Goa), page 161c(1983)