| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/24816 |
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Proposed standard  |
| Names |
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Name source |
| English | Bengal Fan | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
| English | Ganges Cone | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
| English | Ganges Fan | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
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Fan |
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| Latitude |
6° 1' 44.3" N (6.028986°) |
| Longitude |
85° 50' 26.1" E (85.84058°) |
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| Min. Lat |
4° 0' 0" S (-4°) |
| Min. Long |
75° 0' 0" E (75°) |
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| Max. Lat |
20° 0' 0" N (20°) |
| Max. Long |
93° 0' 0" E (93°) |
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| Source |
IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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| Notes |
(en): Updated coordinates (GEBCO May 2014) -
Previous values (GEBCO Augustus 2011):
[Min. Long: 86°0'0"] ; [Max. Long: 88°0'0"]
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Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 6; Long: 87; minLat: -4; minLong: 75; maxLat: 20; maxLong: 93 |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-11. Proposer: Joseph R. Curray, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA. Year of proposal: 1993. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Various vessels, 1800s to early 1900s. Year of discovery: 0. History: Named from its location as this delta floors the entire Bay of Bengal. |
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Additional information (en): This name is generally accepted by the scientific and commercial community. Shown as Ganges Fan in the ACUF Gazetteer. |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 12; Longitude: 87 |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -153479 |
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Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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