MarBEF Data System



European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7162
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishEast Scotia RidgeIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Ridge 
Latitude 57° 48' 57.8" S (-57.8160647°)  
Longitude 26° 27' 0.7" W (-26.45018501°)  
Min. Lat 60° 30' 0" S (-60.5°)  
Min. Long 29° 30' 0" W (-29.5°)  
Max. Lat 55° 19' 59.9" S (-55.3333°)  
Max. Long 26° 17' 24" W (-26.29°)  
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): [Min. Lat: -55.3333°] ; [Min. Long: -29.5°] ; [Max. Lat: -60.5°] ; [Max. Long: -29°]    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-13. Proposer: Roy A. Livermore, British Antarctic Survey (BAS), UK. Year of proposal: 1997.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named from its geographical position, east of Scotia Sea.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -57.916667; Longitude: -29.25    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 154767    
Relations 
Part of  Overlapping claim South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: United Kingdom / Argentina (Overlapping claim)  [view hierarchy]   
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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