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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7425
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishNorthwind Abyssal PlainIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishNorthwind PlainUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Abyssal Plain 
Latitude 75° 35' 42.5" N (75.59513°)  
Longitude 161° 15' 56.4" W (-161.26567°)  
Min. Lat 74° 17' 38.1" N (74.2939°)  
Min. Long 163° 52' 47.3" W (-163.8798°)  
Max. Lat 76° 53' 27.8" N (76.8911°)  
Max. Long 158° 51' 40.2" W (-158.8612°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. icebreaker "Northwind". Year of discovery: 1957. History: Named from the USCGC "Northwind" that discovered this feature.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 76; Longitude: -161    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -154751    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 77.51653 ; Long: -157.23634 ; minLat: 76.5 ; minLong: -160 ; maxLat: 78.5 ; maxLong: -154 (update 2020-04-22)    
Relation 
Part of  Arctic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2020-05-08 00:45:32 by Lonneville Britt
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