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Defant Bank (76°50′S 31°40′W / 76.833°S 31.667°W) is a submarine bank in the Weddell Sea amed for Albert Defant (1884–1974), physician, oceanographer/geophysicist specializing in tides. Name proposed by Dr. Heinrich Hinze, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany. Name approved 6/97 (ACUF 271).
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