Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/5114
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishCalabar CanyonIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishGabon CanyonUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Canyon(s) 
Latitude 3° 35' 0" N (3.583333°)  
Longitude 8° 2' 0" E (8.033333°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 3.583333333; Long: 8.033333333    
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 after the nearby town of Calabar, Cameroon.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 3.883333; Longitude: 8.233333    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -152764    
Relation 
Part of  Gulf of Guinea (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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