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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/24898
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishGusinaya BankIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
RussianBanka GusinayaUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishGeese BankUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishGusinaja BankUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
RussianБанка ГусинаяUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Bank 
Latitude 71° 35' 0" N (71.583333°)  
Longitude 46° 15' 0" E (46.25°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 71.58; Long: 46.25    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-15. Proposer: V. A. Vasnetsov, Floating Marine Scientific Institute (Plavmornin), Russia. Year of proposal: 1930.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Russian research vessel "Persey". Year of discovery: 1930. History: Named from the nearby Grusinaya peninsula of Novaja Zemlya Islands, Russia. This peninsula was itself named from the great number of geese ("Grusinaya" in Russian) settling in    
Additional information (en): Formerly, Geese Bank. Minimum depth (m): 46.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 71.5; Longitude: 46.5    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -153651    
Relation 
Part of  Barentsz Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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