Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/30298
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishGloria DriftFaugères, J.-C., et al. (1993). Contourite drift types and their distribution in the North and South Atlantic Ocean basins. Sedimentary Geology 82: 189-203. (look up in IMIS)   
EnglishGloria RidgeUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishGloria RiseUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Drift 
Latitude 55° 50' 0" N (55.833333°)  
Longitude 45° 0' 0" W (-45°)  
Min. Lat 52° 42' 14.9" N (52.7041°)  
Min. Long 46° 45' 26" W (-46.7572°)  
Max. Lat 57° 5' 25.9" N (57.0905°)  
Max. Long 40° 14' 1.9" W (-40.2339°)  
Source US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF), available online at http://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html/acuf.html
Notes Maximum age (en): Early-Eocene    
Coordinate information (en): Coordinates redefined in 2014. These coordinates represent the centroid and the bounding box of the polygon from the shapefile.    
Drift type (en): Sheeted drift    
Additional information (en): Feature also available in Faugères, J.-C., et al. (1993). Contourite drift types and their distribution in the North and South Atlantic Ocean basins. Sedimentary Geology 82: 189-203. with coordinates: Latitude: 55.039240730628; Longitude: -43.181439859502    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -153539    
Relations 
Part of  Northern North Atlantic (General Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Influenced by  North Atlantic Deep Water (Water mass)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2014-12-01 11:51:57 by Oset Garcia Paula
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