| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63122 |
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Proposed standard  |
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| English | Beta Crucis Seamount | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Seamount(s) |
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| Latitude |
28° 4' 12.1" S (-28.07002°) |
| Longitude |
38° 2' 6.8" W (-38.03523°) |
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| Min. Lat |
28° 8' 35.6" S (-28.1432°) |
| Min. Long |
38° 7' 20" W (-38.1222°) |
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| Max. Lat |
27° 59' 28.7" S (-27.9913°) |
| Max. Long |
37° 56' 35.6" W (-37.9432°) |
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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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| Notes |
Additional information (en): This feature has a conical shape and a steepness of 5 to 30°. Minimum depth (m): 2360. Maximum depth (m): 5050. Total relief (m): 2690. Dimension/size: 19 km x 18 km. |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): "Associated meeting: SCUFN-32. Proposer: Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation (DHN) |
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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 ""Beta Crucis"", the second-brightest visible star of the South Cross constellation (Cruzeiro do Sul, in Portuguese) in the southern hemisphere, in association with the nearby Cruzeiro do Sul Rift. Beta Crucis is blue-white and is located at the left point of the crossbar of the South Cross, when facing south." |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14961871 |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -28.069358; Longitude: -38.035139 |
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Last edited on 2020-07-06 17:20:04 by Lonneville Britt
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