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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/48849
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishMaracatu GuyotIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Guyot 
Latitude 3° 27' 53.4" S (-3.46483°)  
Longitude 35° 1' 1.8" W (-35.01717°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-28. Proposer: Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation (DHN), Brazil. Year of proposal: 2015.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Brazilian survey vessel "Sea Surveyor". Year of discovery: 2009. History: Maracatu means a folk dance that is a blend of Amerindian, African and European cultures. It is part of the Brazilian popular culture. It emerged during the slavery peri    
Additional information (en): This feature is part of the Fernando de Noronha Ridge. It has a conical shape and a smooth flat top, and a steepness up to 29°. Minimum depth (m): 48. Maximum depth (m): 3654. Total relief (m): 3606. Dimension: ~ 50 km x 45 km.    
Relation 
Part of  South Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2016-04-23 14:57:37 by Oset Garcia Paula
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