Explora Escarpment () is an undersea escarpment named for the Antarctic science ship '' F.S. Explora''. The name, proposed by Dr. Heinrich Hinze of the

Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research The Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (German: ''Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung'') is located in Bremerhaven, Germany, and a member of the Helmholtz Association o ...

Bremerhaven, Germany Bremerhaven (, , Low German: ''Bremerhoben'') is a city at the seaport of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, a state of the Federal Republic of Germany. It forms a semi-enclave in the state of Lower Saxony and is located at the mouth of th ...

, was approved by the Advisory Committee for Undersea Features in June 1997. The Explora Escarpment was aligned with the Lebombo

monocline A monocline (or, rarely, a monoform) is a step-like fold in rock strata consisting of a zone of steeper dip within an otherwise horizontal or gently-dipping sequence. Formation Monoclines may be formed in several different ways (see diagram) * ...

in southern Africa before the break-up of

Gondwana Gondwana () was a large landmass, often referred to as a supercontinent, that formed during the late Neoproterozoic (about 550 million years ago) and began to break up during the Jurassic period (about 180 million years ago). The final st ...

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* Escarpments of Antarctica Landforms of Queen Maud Land Princess Martha Coast {{PrincessMarthaCoast-geo-stub