MarBEF Data System



European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/24852
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishTierra del Fuego SpurIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Spur 
Latitude 57° 16' 45.1" S (-57.27918391°)  
Longitude 66° 53' 41.8" W (-66.89493767°)  
Min. Lat 57° 34' 9" S (-57.5692°)  
Min. Long 67° 33' 27" W (-67.5575°)  
Max. Lat 57° 2' 30" S (-57.0417°)  
Max. Long 66° 17' 45.6" W (-66.296°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-23. Proposer: Walter Reynoso-Peralta, GEBCO/Nippon Foundation Training Program Alumni. Year of proposal: 2010.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Argentinian research vessel "Puerto Deseado". Year of discovery: 2007. History: Named from the nearby Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, on the southernmost extremity of the American continent.    
Additional information (en): Feature protruding from the continental shelf with general orientation NW-SE and steepness of approx. 65° on the western side and of 45° on the eastern side. Minimum depth (m): 406. Maximum depth (m): 1517. Total relief (m): 1111. Dimension: 135 km x 50 t    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 12358087    
Relation 
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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