extends W about 100 mi from Attu I., Aleutian Islands.
This bank was discovered by Commander L. V. Kielhorn, of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) cutter Chelan, while on patrol in the Bering Sea in 1936. The name was proposed by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1936 as "Juan de Gama Bank" in honor of the early Spanish navigator who was probably the first to sight the Aleutian Island This name was not approved by Board on Geographic Names (BGN) pending further investigations as to the ext This name was not approved by BGN pending further investigations as to the extent and defination of the feature. It was appropriately published as "Stalemate Bank" in 1954 Coast Pilot (p. 481).