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http://marineregions.org/mrgid/4832 |
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| English | Diogo Cão Hole | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Hole |
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36° 40' 0" N (36.666667°) |
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7° 40' 0" W (-7.666667°) |
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IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 36.66666667; Long: -7.66666667 |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-13. Proposer: André Roubertou, French Hydrographic Office (SHOM). Year of proposal: 1999. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named after the Portuguese navigator Diogo Cão (1450-1486). In 1483, looking for a passage between the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean, he followed the Western Coast of Africa and discovered the mouth of the Congo River. |
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Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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