Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/4834
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishFaro CanyonIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PortugueseCanhão de FaroUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Canyon(s) 
Latitude 36° 17' 40.9" N (36.29469642°)  
Longitude 8° 10' 17.3" W (-8.17148165°)  
Min. Lat 36° 16' 30.2" N (36.2751°)  
Min. Long 8° 48' 0" W (-8.8°)  
Max. Lat 36° 25' 0" N (36.4167°)  
Max. Long 7° 35' 0" W (-7.5833°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 36.33333333; Long: -8; minLat: 36.36666667; minLong: -8.73333333; maxLat: 36.41666667; maxLong: -7.58333333    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-13. Proposer: Jean-René Vanney, University of Paris IV, France. Year of proposal: 1999.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named from the nearby port of Faro, Portugal.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 36.333333; Longitude: -8    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 9032555    
Relations 
Part of  Cadiz Gulf (Gulf)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone (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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