Feature Name (see definition): Aurora Subglacial Basin

Feature Class (see definition): Basin

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 733

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 74° 00' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 114° 00' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -74

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 114

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): A large subglacial basin of Wilkes Land to the W of Dome Charlie and trending NW toward the coast in the vicinity of Shackleton Ice Shelf. The basin was delineated by the SPRI-NSF-TUD airborne radio echo sounding program, 1967-79, and named after Aurora, the ship of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE), 1911-14, led by Douglas Mawson.

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