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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/24896
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishGreenland-Spitsbergen SillIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Sill 
Latitude 78° 37' 38.4" N (78.62732388°)  
Longitude 2° 32' 43.9" E (2.54552701°)  
Min. Lat 78° 20' 0" N (78.3333°)  
Min. Long 0° 0' 0" E (0°)  
Max. Lat 79° 20' 0" N (79.3333°)  
Max. Long 5° 0' 0" E (5°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Lat: 78.83°, Long: 2.5°    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-16. Proposer: Martin Klenke, Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Germany. Year of proposal: 2003.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. icebreakers and submarines. Year of discovery: 1960. History: Named from its geographical position, between Greenland and the Spitsbergen archipelago.    
Additional information (en): Minimum depth (m): 2300. Maximum depth (m): 2600. Total relief (m): 300.    
Relations 
Part of  Greenland Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)  [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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