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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/24991
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishMorelli RidgeIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Ridge 
Latitude 56° 37' 11.9" S (-56.619985°)  
Longitude 42° 49' 45.3" W (-42.829244°)  
Min. Lat 56° 40' 6" S (-56.6683°)  
Min. Long 43° 18' 6" W (-43.3017°)  
Max. Lat 56° 31' 6" S (-56.5183°)  
Max. Long 42° 21' 0" W (-42.35°)  
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: Hans Werner Schenke, Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Germany. Year of proposal: 2010.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: German research vessel "Polarstern". Year of discovery: 2005. History: Named after Prof. Carlo Morelli (1917-2007), an outstanding Earth Scientist and an enthusiastic supporter of GEBCO and Ocean Mapping. He studied in Pisa at the Regia Scuola    
Additional information (en): Elongated feature in E-W direction, with steepness > 27°. Discovered during Expedition ANT-XXII/4. Minimum depth (m): 1855. Maximum depth (m): 4000. Total relief (m): 2145. Dimension: 63 km x 18 km.    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 12358119    
Relations 
Part of  Overlapping claim South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: United Kingdom / Argentina (Overlapping claim)  [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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