Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/4188
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishPrincesse Alice BankIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Bank 
Latitude 37° 48' 8.5" N (37.80236978°)  
Longitude 29° 15' 2.2" W (-29.25060224°)  
Precision 10000 meter 
Min. Lat 37° 37' 59.9" N (37.6333°)  
Min. Long 29° 40' 59.9" W (-29.6833°)  
Max. Lat 37° 52' 59.9" N (37.8833°)  
Max. Long 28° 52' 0.1" W (-28.8667°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Updated coordinates (GEBCO May 2014) - Previous values (GEBCO October 2002): [Min. Long: -28.966667°]    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-14. Proposer: Jean-René Vanney, University of Paris IV, France; and Portuguese Hydrographic Office (Instituto Hidrografico). Year of proposal: 2000.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Prince Albert I of Monaco. Year of discovery: 1891. History: Named after Prince Albert I of Monaco's second ship "Princesse Alice" that discovered this feature.    
Additional information (en): This is an extensive feature; and deeper than usual "bank".    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 38; Longitude: -29.25    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -155060    
Relations 
Part of  North Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone (Azores) (EEZ)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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