Albert Bank
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Albert Bank () is a bank in the Weddell Sea named for Albert I of Monaco (1848-1922), instrumental in initiating first GEBCO charts (1903). Name proposed by Dr. Heinrich Hinze, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany. Name approved 6/97 (ACUF 271).
This article incorporates text from Albert Bank, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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