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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/26681
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishRio Grande Leste RiseIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Rise 
Latitude 30° 4' 53.4" S (-30.08148728°)  
Longitude 30° 22' 44.2" W (-30.37893778°)  
Min. Lat 33° 8' 20.4" S (-33.139°)  
Min. Long 34° 0' 18" W (-34.005°)  
Max. Lat 27° 38' 24" S (-27.64°)  
Max. Long 28° 13' 58.8" W (-28.233°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -30.330833; Long: -29.6295; minLat: -33.139; minLong: -34.005; maxLat: -27.64; maxLong: -28.233    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-24. Proposer: Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation (DHN), Brazil. Year of proposal: 2011.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named from its proximity to Rio Grande Rise ("Leste" means "East" in Portuguese).    
Additional information (en): This feature is well known since 70´s and has been mentioned in many scientific papers and publications, for instance in the REMAC Project: "Geomorphology of the Brazilian Continental Margin and adjacent oceanic areas". Also known as Rio Grande Leste Plat    
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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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