| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63106 |
| Status |
Proposed standard  |
| Name |
| Language |
Name |
Name source |
| English | Alpha Crucis Seamount | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
|
| PlaceType |
Seamount(s) |
|
|
| Latitude |
27° 50' 5.7" S (-27.83492°) |
| Longitude |
37° 57' 20.8" W (-37.95577°) |
|
|
| Min. Lat |
27° 59' 33.6" S (-27.9927°) |
| Min. Long |
38° 7' 50.9" W (-38.1308°) |
|
|
| Max. Lat |
27° 40' 5.8" S (-27.6683°) |
| Max. Long |
37° 46' 4.1" W (-37.7678°) |
|
|
| Source |
IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
|
|
| Notes |
Additional information (en): This feature has a conical shape and a steepness of 3 to 30°. Minimum depth (m): 1995. Maximum depth (m): 5080. Total relief (m): 3085. Dimension/size: 42 km X 40 km. |
|
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): "Associated meeting: SCUFN-32. Proposer: Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation (DHN) |
|
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Brazil. History: 2019.","Discoverer: French research and supply vessel ""Marion Dufresne"". Year of discovery: 2011. History: Named from the blue subgiant star ""Alpha Crucis"", located in the South Cross constellation (Cruzeiro do Sul, in Portuguese) in the southern hemisphere, in association with the nearby Cruzeiro do Sul Rift. Alpha Crucis is the main and southern most star of the South Cross constellation and marks the bottom of the South Cross, when facing south." |
|
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14961863 |
|
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -27.832047; Longitude: -37.95805 |
|
|
| Relation |
|
| Map |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Edit history |
Last edited on 2020-07-06 17:20:04 by Lonneville Britt
|
|
|
|
|
|
[Google] [Google scholar] [Google images] |
