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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63426
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishPerseids DeepIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Deep 
Latitude 57° 5' 50" S (-57.09723°)  
Longitude 24° 16' 35.2" W (-24.27645°)  
Min. Lat 57° 11' 46.8" S (-57.1963°)  
Min. Long 24° 22' 57.4" W (-24.3826°)  
Max. Lat 57° 0' 17.6" S (-57.0049°)  
Max. Long 24° 10' 47.9" W (-24.18°)  
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 elliptical shape. The single position is that of the deepest point. Minimum depth (m): 7600. Maximum depth (m): 8140. Total relief (m): 540. Dimension/size: 10 km x 24 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. Perseids is the name of a Meteor shower.    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15036401    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -57.097228; Longitude: -24.27645    
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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