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Seamount in Southern Ocean
Vaughan Seamount Vaughan Bank
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Vaughan Seamount (67°37′S 163°30′E / 67.617°S 163.500°E / -67.617; 163.500), formerly Vaughan Bank, is a seamount and submarine bank in the Balleny Islands area. It was named for V. J. Vaughan, Commanding Officer, USS Glacier used in the U.S./New Zealand Balleny Island Expedition (1965). Name approved 4/80 (ACUF 201).

In June 2017, the New Zealand Geographic Board altered the unofficial name "Vaughan Bank" to "Vaughan Seamount".

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Vaughan Seamount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.  Edit this at Wikidata

  1. "Notice of Decisions to Alter and Adopt Undersea Feature Names". New Zealand Gazette. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
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