Sars Bank

Sars Bank is located in the Drake Passage in between the southern tip of South America and Antarctica. The bank's coordinates are 59°35′22.18″S 69°0′42.87″W, about 350 km south of Diego Ramírez Islands and 500 km from the South Shetland Islands. The top of the bank lies a few hundred meters under sea level.[1]

The coordinates of the bank coincides with the inferred positions of the phantom Elizabeth Island as seen by Francis Drake's expedition in 1578.[1] If the Sars Bank was ever above sea level it may have had significant biogeographical importance as a "bridge" between South America and Antarctica.[1]

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References
  1. Martinic B., Mateo (2019). "Entre el mito y la realidad. La situación de la misteriosa Isla Elizabeth de Francis Drake" [Between myth and reality. The situation of the mysterious Elizabeth Island of Francis Drake]. Magallania (in Spanish). 47 (1). doi:10.4067/S0718-22442019000100005. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
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