| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6782 |
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| English | Aurora Bank | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Bank |
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| Latitude |
52° 28' 0" S (-52.466667°) |
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72° 0' 0" E (72°) |
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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: -52.46666667; Long: 72 |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-13. Proposer: J. J. Doyle, Australian Hydrographic Service (AHS). Year of proposal: 1997. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named from the Australian research vessel "Aurora Australis" which did a great deal of work on the fisheries, marine biology, oceanography and bathymetry of the Heard Island plateau during 1990-1993. The name also recognizes the marine scientific |
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Additional information (en): This feature is a submarine bank on the Kerguelen Plateau, 55 km northwest of Heard Island. The position was fixed by echo sounding and GPS and this feature was mapped by various survey vessels including the "Eltanin", "Cape Pillar", "Professor Mesyutsev" |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 9008990 |
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Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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