Astrolabe Subglacial Basin
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Astrolabe Subglacial Basin () is a subglacial basin to the south of Adelie Coast and east of Porpoise Subglacial Highlands, trending north-south and containing the thickest ice (c. 4,700 m) measured in Antarctica. The basin was delineated by the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI)-NSF-TUD airborne radio echo sounding program, 1967-79, and named after Astrolabe, the flagship of the French Antarctic Expedition, 1837-40 (Capt. Jules Dumont d'Urville).
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