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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63417
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishNova RidgeIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Ridge 
Latitude 55° 26' 26.4" S (-55.44066°)  
Longitude 26° 7' 17.9" W (-26.12163°)  
Min. Lat 55° 33' 22.5" S (-55.5563°)  
Min. Long 26° 18' 9" W (-26.3025°)  
Max. Lat 55° 19' 12.6" S (-55.3202°)  
Max. Long 25° 56' 57.2" W (-25.9492°)  
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 elongated shape. The single position is that of the least depth. Minimum depth (m): 6960. Maximum depth (m): 7500. Total relief (m): 540. Dimension/size: 5 km x 29 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-33. Proposer: A. Jamieson & C. Bongiovanni, Newcastle University, UK. History: 2019.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Research vessel DSSV Pressure Drop. Year of discovery: 2019. History: Named in relation to the German research vessel ‘Meteor’ that discovered and surveyed the South Sandwich Trench. A nova is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star, that slowly fades over several weeks or many months.    
Relation 
Part of  South Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2021-09-02 22:35:14 by Lonneville Britt
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