Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/24830
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishCagni SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 82° 59' 0" N (82.983333°)  
Longitude 5° 7' 0" W (-5.116667°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 82.98; Long: -5.12    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-18. Proposer: Jonathan E. Snow, Max-Planck Institut für Chemie, Germany. Year of proposal: 2005.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: German research vessel "Polarstern". Year of discovery: 2004. History: Named after Umberto Cagni (1863-1932), an Italian marine officer who in 1900 commanded the first Arctic expedition to sail farther north than Nansen.    
Additional information (en): The seamount is located at the intersection of Gakkel Ridge and Lena Trough in the Nansen Basin. Minimum depth (m): 1200. Maximum depth (m): 4700. Total relief (m): 3500. Dimension: The entire mountain is 25 km long and 10 km wide.    
Relation 
Part of  Arctic 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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