Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7117
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishSars GuyotIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
SpanishBanco SarsUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
RussianBanka SarsUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishSars BankUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishThorshavn BankUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishVozvyshennost’ SarsUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
RussianБанка СарсUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
RussianВозвышенность СарсUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Guyot 
Latitude 59° 41' 17.4" S (-59.68818°)  
Longitude 68° 50' 20" W (-68.83889°)  
Min. Lat 59° 48' 36" S (-59.81°)  
Min. Long 69° 10' 18.1" W (-69.1717°)  
Max. Lat 59° 34' 30" S (-59.575°)  
Max. Long 68° 31' 18.1" W (-68.5217°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -59.583333; Longitude: -69    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -155351    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -59.705694; Long: -68.859924 (update 2021-09-06)    
Additional information (en): This feature has a 20 % steepness. Formerly, Sars Seamount. Minimum depth (m): 462. Maximum depth (m): 4185. Total relief (m): 3723. Dimension/size: 37 km x 30 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34. Proposer: Royal Norwegian Society for Sciences, Trondheim, Norway. History: 1935.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Norwegian vessel MT "Thorshavn". Year of discovery: 1934. History: Named after the eminent, world-renowned Norwegian marine scientists, father and son Michael and Georg Ossian Sars, who are regarded aspioneers in marine research.    
Relation 
Part of  South Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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