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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63187
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishUshuaia SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 57° 32' 34.4" S (-57.54288°)  
Longitude 64° 13' 59.6" W (-64.23321°)  
Min. Lat 57° 38' 33" S (-57.6425°)  
Min. Long 64° 24' 7.4" W (-64.4021°)  
Max. Lat 57° 26' 55.9" S (-57.4489°)  
Max. Long 64° 4' 19.1" W (-64.072°)  
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 an equidimensional shape and a steepness of 16 to 25%. Minimum depth (m): 2385. Maximum depth (m): 4300. Total relief (m): 1915. Dimension/size: 16 km x 20 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): "Associated meeting: SCUFN-32. Proposer: Servicio de Hidrografía Naval    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Argentina. History: 2019.","Discoverer: British research vessel ""Ernest Shackleton"". Year of discovery: 1968. History: Named from the nearby Argentinean city of Ushuaia, located at the southern tip of Argentina and capital of the Province of Tierra del Fuego. ""Ushuaia"" means ""deep bay"" in Yaghan, a native indigenous language of Tierra del Fuego."    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14962055    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -57.575169; Longitude: -64.2335    
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Part of  South Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2020-07-06 17:20:04 by Lonneville Britt
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