MarBEF Data System



European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/25025
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishRio Grande FanIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Fan 
Latitude 33° 14' 44.4" S (-33.24566667°)  
Longitude 49° 33' 30" W (-49.55833333°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -33.25; Long: -49.56    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-23. Proposer: Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Center of the Brazilian Hydrographic Office (DHN). Year of proposal: 2010.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Vema". Year of discovery: 1961. History: Named from the nearby Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul, the Rio Grande River and the Rio Grande Terrace.    
Additional information (en): This feature has an elongated and triangle shape. Minimum depth (m): 100. Maximum depth (m): 4500. Total relief (m): 4400. Dimension: ~ 75000 km².    
Relation 
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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