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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/25018
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishPirie ProvinceIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Province (physical) 
Latitude 55° 46' 58" S (-55.78276888°)  
Longitude 43° 10' 12.1" W (-43.17002639°)  
Min. Lat 56° 24' 19.8" S (-56.4055°)  
Min. Long 44° 7' 10.2" W (-44.1195°)  
Max. Lat 55° 3' 12.6" S (-55.0535°)  
Max. Long 42° 21' 30.6" W (-42.3585°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Updated coordinates (GEBCO May 2014) - Previous values (GEBCO August 2011): [Min. Lat: 55°3'0"S] ; [Min. Long: 42°12'36"W] ; [Max. Lat: 56°24'36"S] ; [Max. Long: 44°7'18"W]    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -55.78276888; Long: -43.17; minLat: -56.4055; minLong: -44.1195; maxLat: -55.0535; maxLong: -43.17    
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 Dr J. H. Harvey Pirie, a British versatile man of science and pioneer explorer of the Sub-Antarctic. Shortly after receiving a science and medical degree at Edi    
Additional information (en): Undulating landscape, hillocky area covered with knolls and hills. Steepness of 1° to 3°. The area of this feature is located 350 km North of the so-called (but not yet named) Pirie Rise. Large submarine features northern of South Scotia Ridge are named a    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 12358079    
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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