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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/24843
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishCongress BankIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Bank 
Latitude 20° 32' 46.8" S (-20.54633333°)  
Longitude 37° 18' 36" W (-37.31°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Previous coordinates 2011: minLat: -20.43, minLong: -37.14, maxLat: -20.65, maxLong: -37.53    
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.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Vema". Year of discovery: 1961.    
Additional information (en): This name has been in use since the 1970s by the scientific community. The feature, with an elliptical shape, is located on the Vitoria-Trindade Ridge. Minimum depth (m): 53. Maximum depth (m): 3662. Total relief (m): 3609. Dimension: 48 km x 17 km (base)    
Relations 
Part of  Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  South Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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