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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63457
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishGilberto Amado HillIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Hill(s) 
Latitude 21° 19' 8.9" S (-21.31915°)  
Longitude 32° 48' 30.1" W (-32.80837°)  
Min. Lat 21° 27' 20.6" S (-21.4557°)  
Min. Long 32° 59' 4.8" W (-32.9847°)  
Max. Lat 21° 10' 39.9" S (-21.1777°)  
Max. Long 32° 38' 29.3" W (-32.6415°)  
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 a conical shape. Minimum depth (m): 3859. Maximum depth (m): 4430. Total relief (m): 571. Dimension/size: 40 km x 32 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34. Proposer: Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation (DHN), Brazil. History: 2020.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. oceanographic research vessel "Hayes". Year of discovery: 1981. History: Named after Gilberto Menezes Amado Filho (1960-2019), a Brazilian marine biologist. He is known for his studies on marine biodiversity and the reefs of Amazônia, the Abrolhos archipelago and many Brazilian oceanic islands. He was involved in projects relating to pollution of the sea by heavy minerals and to cell biology, being the first Brazilian researcher to receive the Luigi Provazoli Award, for the discovery of a new cell organelle.    
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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