MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63417 |
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Name source |
English | Nova Ridge | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Ridge |
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Latitude |
55° 26' 26.4" S (-55.44066°) |
Longitude |
26° 7' 17.9" W (-26.12163°) |
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Min. Lat |
55° 33' 22.5" S (-55.5563°) |
Min. Long |
26° 18' 9" W (-26.3025°) |
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Max. Lat |
55° 19' 12.6" S (-55.3202°) |
Max. Long |
25° 56' 57.2" W (-25.9492°) |
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Source |
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 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. |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-33. Proposer: A. Jamieson & C. Bongiovanni, Newcastle University, UK. History: 2019. |
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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. |
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Last edited on 2021-09-02 22:35:14 by Lonneville Britt
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