Wegener Canyon
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Wegener Canyon is an undersea canyon named for Alfred Wegener
. Name proposed by Hans Werner Schenke, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
, Bremerhaven, Germany. Name approved 7/89 (ACUF 233).
Alfred Wegener
Alfred Lothar Wegener was a German scientist, geophysicist, and meteorologist.He is most notable for his theory of continental drift , proposed in 1912, which hypothesized that the continents were slowly drifting around the Earth...
. Name proposed by Hans Werner Schenke, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Marine Research
Marine Research was an indie rock/twee pop band, based in Oxford/London , formed in 1997 by four of the five members of Heavenly , following the suicide of Heavenly drummer Mathew Fletcher...
, Bremerhaven, Germany. Name approved 7/89 (ACUF 233).