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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/24918
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishJean Charcot SeamountsIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 26° 43' 20.2" S (-26.72227°)  
Longitude 39° 20' 9.7" W (-39.33602°)  
Min. Lat 27° 31' 1.4" S (-27.5171°)  
Min. Long 40° 18' 37" W (-40.3103°)  
Max. Lat 25° 59' 57.6" S (-25.9993°)  
Max. Long 38° 3' 11.5" W (-38.0532°)  
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-21. Proposer: Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Center of the Brazilian Hydrographic Office (DHN). Year of proposal: 2008.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: French research vessel "Jean Charcot". Year of discovery: 1973. History: Named from the French research vessel "Jean Charcot", of the then French "Centre National pour l'Exploitation des OcĂ©ans" (CNEXO - now, IFREMER), that discovered this gro    
Additional information (en): This is a cluster of 11 seamounts on the border of Sao Paulo Plateau. Minimum depth (m): 1000. Maximum depth (m): 4500. Total relief (m): 3500.    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -26.69327 ; Long: -39.18084 ; minLat: -27.25417 ; minLong: -40.13417 ; maxLat: -26.22367 ; maxLong: -38.302 (update 2020-04-22)    
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Part of  South Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2020-05-08 00:45:32 by Lonneville Britt
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