| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/24820 |
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| English | Besnard Passage | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Passage |
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| Latitude |
19° 26' 55.7" S (-19.44879252°) |
| Longitude |
38° 18' 8.8" W (-38.30244735°) |
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19° 33' 42" S (-19.5617°) |
| Min. Long |
38° 34' 24" W (-38.5733°) |
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| Max. Lat |
19° 21' 24" S (-19.3567°) |
| Max. Long |
38° 1' 24" W (-38.0233°) |
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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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| Notes |
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: Brazilian research vessel "W. Besnard". Year of discovery: 1972. History: Named after the French researcher Wladimir Besnard (1890-1960). In 1946 he organized the Instituto Paulista de Oceanografia, which was the first Brazilian institution de |
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Additional information (en): This feature dislocates the Brazilian continental shelf and Besnard Bank. It has an elongated shape. Minimum depth (m): 60. Maximum depth (m): 1990. Total relief (m): 1930. Dimension: ~ 90 km. |
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Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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