Editing Bruce C. Heezen (section)

==Honors and awards==
*1964: [[Bigelow Medal|Henry Bryant Bigelow Medal in Oceanography]] awarded by the [[Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=7695|title= Award recipients|publisher= Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution|access-date= 7 April 2017}}</ref>
*1973: [[Cullum Geographical Medal]] awarded by the [[American Geographical Society]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://americangeo.org/the-cullum-geographical-medal/|title=The Cullum Geographical Medal|publisher=American Geographical Society|access-date=7 April 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909151056/http://americangeo.org/the-cullum-geographical-medal/|archive-date=9 September 2015}}</ref>
*1977: [[Walter H. Bucher Medal]] awarded by the [[American Geophysical Union]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruce Charles Heezen, December 1977, Walter H. Bucher Medal|website=American Geophysical Union (AGU)|url=https://www.agu.org/Search/PublicProfile?userId=554FC348-A76C-4A01-98B6-960D3F5C5225}}</ref>

The Oceanographic Survey Ship [[USNS Bruce C. Heezen (T-AGS 64)|USNS ''Bruce C. Heezen'']] was christened in honor of him in 1999.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/news/story7_1.html | title=Navy's Newest Ocean Survey Ship Will Offer Public Tours August 3 for Lamont Community August 4 & 5 at Intrepid Pier | publisher=[[The Earth Institute]] | date=2000-07-14 | access-date=2008-06-02 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012013732/http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/news/story7_1.html | archive-date=2008-10-12 }}</ref>

Heezen Canyon is a large underwater canyon in the NW Atlantic, on the edge of the [[continental shelf]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Esri |last2=BOEM |last3=CSA |date=2022-05-10 |title=Large Submarine Canyons |url=https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/34a7a0932a444888821b850ed42d66c4 |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=ArcGIS StoryMaps |language=en-gb}}</ref>

[[Heezen Glacier]] in [[Antarctica]] was named after him in 1977.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Antarctica Detail|url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=GNISPQ:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:6563|access-date=2020-08-09|website=geonames.usgs.gov}}</ref>