| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/24819 |
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| English | Besnard Bank | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Bank |
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| Latitude |
19° 44' 36" S (-19.74333333°) |
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38° 8' 6" W (-38.135°) |
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IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -19.74; Long: -38.14 |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-22. Proposer: Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Center of the Brazilian Hydrographic Office (DHN). Year of proposal: 2009. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Russian research vessel "Akademik Kurchatov". Year of discovery: 1969. History: Named after the French researcher Wladimir Besnard (1890-1960). In 1946 he organized the Instituto Paulista de Oceanografia, which was the first Brazilian institut |
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Additional information (en): This feature has a rectangular shape. Minimum depth (m): 30. Maximum depth (m): 3700. Total relief (m): 3670. Dimension: ~ 92 km x 81 km (base). |
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Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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