MarBEF Data System



European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/34408
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishSambro BankIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
FrenchBanc SambroCanadian Geographical Names Database (CGND)   
EnglishSambro BanksUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Bank 
Latitude 43° 47' 10.6" N (43.78629°)  
Longitude 63° 17' 19.9" W (-63.28886°)  
Min. Lat 43° 31' 54.8" N (43.5319°)  
Min. Long 63° 27' 59.4" W (-63.4665°)  
Max. Lat 43° 58' 53.7" N (43.9816°)  
Max. Long 63° 6' 7.8" W (-63.1022°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Links http://geogratis.gc.ca/services/geoname/en/features/81af5077ba3611d892e2080020a0f4c9    
Notes ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -155280    
CGND unique id (featureid) (en): 81af5077ba3611d892e2080020a0f4c9    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 43.75; Longitude: -63.333333    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 43.716667; Long: -63.316667 (update 2025-09-26)    
Additional information (en): Adopted from the Canadian Gazetteer. Shown on Map of the Atlantic Coast of Canada showing Inshore and Deep Sea Fisheries, Dept. of Fisheries Canada, 1932. Also on USGS Map 1-451 by E. Uchupi, 1965. Minimum depth (m): 95. Maximum depth (m): 210. Total relief (m): 115. Dimension/size: 1950 km².    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-37. Proposer: DFO Science (Fisheries and Oceans Canada). History: 2024.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named after associate features. Sambro is derived from Sesambre, an island near St-Malo, France (Brown, Thomas J., N.S. Place Names).    
Relation 
Part of  North Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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