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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7141
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishVema SeachannelIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishVema ChannelUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Seachannel 
Latitude 31° 0' 37.5" S (-31.01041386°)  
Longitude 39° 29' 20.1" W (-39.48892091°)  
Min. Lat 33° 45' 0" S (-33.75°)  
Min. Long 39° 39' 9" W (-39.6525°)  
Max. Lat 28° 30' 0" S (-28.5°)  
Max. Long 38° 30' 0" W (-38.5°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Updated coordinates (GEBCO May 2014) - Previous values (GEBCO October 2002): [Max. Long: -39.333333°]    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named from the U.S. research vessel "Vema", with the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (L-DEO), Columbia University, USA, from 1951 to 1980s.    
Additional information (en): Formerly, Vema Channel. Shown as Vema Channel in the ACUF Gazetteer.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -30.5; Longitude: -39.166667    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 18829    
Relation 
Part of  South Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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