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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33601
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishBarker PlateauIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishBarker BankUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Plateau 
Latitude 53° 10' 9.3" S (-53.169259°)  
Longitude 46° 39' 37.5" W (-46.660416°)  
Min. Lat 53° 40' 0.1" S (-53.6667°)  
Min. Long 47° 45' 0" W (-47.75°)  
Max. Lat 52° 45' 0" S (-52.75°)  
Max. Long 45° 40' 0.1" W (-45.6667°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Coordinates calculated from feature     
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -53.20835; Long: -46.70835; minLat: -53.6667; minLong: -47.75; maxLat: -52.75; maxLong: -45.6667    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-25. Proposer: Lawrence L. Lawver and Ian W. D. Dalziel, University of Texas at Austin, USA; and Robert Larter, British Antarctic Survey (BAS). Year of proposal: 2012.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named after Peter F. Barker (deceased July 2012) who wrote extensively on the tectonics of the Scotia Sea and mapped this feature; see Cunningham et al., 1996; Barker, 2001.    
Additional information (en): This feature is a component of the North Scotia Ridge. References: Barker, P.F., 2001. Scotia Sea regional tectonic evolution; implications for mantle flow and paleo circulation. Earth-Science Reviews 55, 1-39. Cunningham, A.P., Barker, P.F. & Tomlinson,     
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -53.168361; Longitude: -46.675    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 11819064    
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