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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/5110
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishLe Trou sans Fond CanyonIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishBottomless PitUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
FrenchLe Trou sans FondUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishThe Bottomless PitUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
FrenchTrou sans FondUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Canyon(s) 
Latitude 4° 11' 48.2" N (4.196711°)  
Longitude 4° 22' 22" W (-4.37276881°)  
Min. Lat 3° 6' 0" N (3.1°)  
Min. Long 4° 26' 31.9" W (-4.4422°)  
Max. Lat 5° 10' 0.1" N (5.1667°)  
Max. Long 3° 58' 0.1" W (-3.9667°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Updated coordinates (GEBCO May 2014) - Previous values (GEBCO October 2002): [Max. Long: -4.33333°]    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-16. Proposer: Olivier Parvillers, French Hydrographic Office (SHOM). Year of proposal: 2000.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Name taken from the "Carte générale de la Coste de Guinée", compiled by Ing. Ordinaire J. N. Bellin (1746) and reproduced in "Hydrographie Françoise" (1750). First used in the scientific litterature by J. Y. Buchanan, 1887 as "Bottomless Pit".    
Additional information (en): Shown as Le Trou sans Fond in the ACUF Gazetteer.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 5.213867; Longitude: -3.969559    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -2123603    
Relation 
Part of  Gulf of Guinea (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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