Mawson Bank [SEP] continent
Mawson Bank
Mawson Bank () is a submarine bank in the Ross Sea off Antarctica named for British Antarctic scientist Sir Douglas Mawson. The name was approved by the Advisory Committee for Undersea Features in June 1988.
, broadened the proposals from polar studies to geophysical research. More than 70 existing national scientific organizations then formed IGY committees, and participated in the cooperative effort.
Australia established its first permanent base on the Antarctic continent at Mawson in 1954. It is now the longest continuously operating station south of the Antarctic Circle. Davis was added in 1957, in the Vestfold Hills, 400 miles (640 km) east of Mawson. The wintering parties for the IGY numbered 29 at Mawson and 4 at Davis, all male.