MarBEF Data System



European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/25031
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishRoyal Charlotte BankIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
SpanishBanco Royal CharlotteUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishGreat Charlette BankUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Bank 
Latitude 16° 3' 54" S (-16.065°)  
Longitude 38° 15' 18" W (-38.255°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -16.07; Long: -38.26    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-22. Proposer: Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Center of the Brazilian Hydrographic Office (DHN). Year of proposal: 2009.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Robert D. Conrad". Year of discovery: 1972.    
Additional information (en): This feature has a rectangular shape. It is actually a promontory or a shelf but is accepted as bank because of historical use, as this name has been in use since the 1970s by the scientific community. Minimum depth (m): 15. Maximum depth (m): 3886. Total    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -16; Longitude: -38    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -155212    
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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