Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/34236
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishWhale BankIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
FrenchBanc de la BaleineUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishGreen BanksUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Bank 
Latitude 45° 21' 51.8" N (45.364395°)  
Longitude 53° 24' 30.9" W (-53.40858°)  
Min. Lat 44° 51' 16.6" N (44.8546°)  
Min. Long 53° 59' 37.6" W (-53.9938°)  
Max. Lat 45° 52' 27.1" N (45.8742°)  
Max. Long 52° 49' 24.1" W (-52.8234°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Links http://geogratis.gc.ca/services/geoname/en/features/56232acdba1e11d892e2080020a0f4c9    
Notes ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -156089    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-29. Proposer: Canadian Advisory Committee on Undersea Feature Names. Year of proposal: 2016.     
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Name probably translated from the French word "Baleine", a name used on French maps.    
Additional information (en): Situated approximately 90 miles S of Care Race, Newfoundland, this feature is the extreme western portion of The Grand Banks, but is partially separated from the main portion by Whale Deep.Minimum depth (m): 59. Maximum depth (m): 100. Total relief (m): 41.    
CGND unique id (featureid) (en): 56232acdba1e11d892e2080020a0f4c9    
Relation 
Part of  North Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2019-06-18 14:40:35 by Lonneville Britt
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