Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/26635
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishDrygalski RidgeIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishVon Drygalski RidgeUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Ridge 
Latitude 53° 25' 6.4" S (-53.418458°)  
Longitude 82° 3' 57.7" E (82.066015°)  
Min. Lat 53° 45' 0" S (-53.75°)  
Min. Long 81° 8' 0" E (81.1333°)  
Max. Lat 53° 5' 0" S (-53.0833°)  
Max. Long 83° 0' 0" E (83°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-11. Proposer: Robert L. Fisher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA. Year of proposal: 1993.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. oceanographic research vessel "Eltanin"; and French research and supply vessel "Marion Dufresne". Year of discovery: 1991. History: Named after Erich Dagobert von Drygalski (1865-1949), leader of the first German Antarctic expedition on b    
Additional information (en): These discoveries were made during the "Eltanin"'s 54th cruise and "Marion Dufresne"'s 67th cruise. This name supersedes, together with Chun Spur and William's Seamount, the former William's Seamounts at position 53°20'S-81°15'E.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -53.166667; Longitude: 81.383333    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 111161    
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