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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33580
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishSão Paulo EscarpmentIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Escarpment 
Latitude 28° 28' 21.1" S (-28.47252°)  
Longitude 41° 31' 12.9" W (-41.52025°)  
Min. Lat 28° 44' 17.9" S (-28.7383°)  
Min. Long 42° 54' 54" W (-42.915°)  
Max. Lat 28° 14' 10.3" S (-28.2362°)  
Max. Long 40° 1' 4.1" W (-40.0178°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Corrected longitude (input error: 42°3'49.7"W) Updated with GEBCO May 2014. Original source was correct (GEBCO October 2002).    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-26. Proposer: Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation (DHN), Brazil. Year of proposal: 2013.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named in association with the nearby São Paulo Plateau, of which this feature is the marginal escarpment.    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -28.3903 ; Long: -41.0638 (update 2020-04-22)    
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Part of  South Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2020-05-08 00:45:32 by Lonneville Britt
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