| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63075 |
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| English | Fernando de Almeida Seamount | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Seamount(s) |
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| Latitude |
4° 17' 21.1" S (-4.2892°) |
| Longitude |
33° 13' 13.3" W (-33.22035°) |
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| Min. Lat |
4° 27' 39.1" S (-4.4609°) |
| Min. Long |
33° 25' 7.5" W (-33.4188°) |
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| Max. Lat |
4° 6' 2.2" S (-4.1006°) |
| Max. Long |
33° 1' 26.4" W (-33.024°) |
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IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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Additional information (en): "This feature has a conical shape. It is located 70 km SW of the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): which was the subject of a thesis by Fernando de Almeida in 1958. It has a minimum depth of 38 m and is shown on Chart INT 2113. Minimum depth (m): 38. Maximum depth (m): 4000. Total relief (m): 3962 |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): "Associated meeting: SCUFN-32. Proposer: Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation (DHN), Brazil. History: 2019.","Discoverer: Brazilian survey vessel ""Sea Surveyor"". Year of discovery: 2009. History: Named after Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida (1916-2013), a Brazilian scientist and member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. He worked for 51 years as a professor and researcher, and published many scientific papers. He was one of the first to study the geology of the Brazilian volcanic islands." |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14961976 |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -4.284189; Longitude: -33.227319 |
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Last edited on 2020-07-06 17:20:04 by Lonneville Britt
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