MarBEF Data System



European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7180
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishCongo CanyonIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishCan’on KongoUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishCongo SeavalleyUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishCongo Submarine CanyonUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Canyon(s) 
Latitude 5° 56' 34.6" S (-5.942938°)  
Longitude 11° 36' 56" E (11.61556°)  
Min. Lat 6° 1' 24.8" S (-6.0236°)  
Min. Long 10° 54' 4.9" E (10.9014°)  
Max. Lat 5° 47' 0" S (-5.7833°)  
Max. Long 12° 20' 24.8" E (12.3402°)  
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: -5.9°] ; [Min. Long: 7°] ; [Max. Lat: -6.0167°] ; [Max. Long: 11.9667°]    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-14. Proposer: Olivier Parvillers, French Hydrographic Office (SHOM). Year of proposal: 2001.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named from the nearby Congo River.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -6; Longitude: 11.833333    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -153010    
Relations 
Partly part of  Angolan Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)  [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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