Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/48850
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishMarajó SeamountsIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 1° 41' 23.2" N (1.68978°)  
Longitude 44° 58' 1" W (-44.966954°)  
Min. Lat 1° 30' 28.8" N (1.508°)  
Min. Long 45° 27' 17.3" W (-45.4548°)  
Max. Lat 1° 50' 43.2" N (1.8453°)  
Max. Long 44° 30' 18.5" W (-44.5052°)  
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-27. Proposer: Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation (DHN), Brazil. Year of proposal: 2014.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Brazilian survey vessels "Almirante Câmara" and "Sea Surveyor". History: Named from the nearby Marajó Island, which is located in the vicinity of the Amazon and Pará rivers. "Marajó" (Mbara-yó) means, in Tupi indigenous language, "shield of th    
Additional information (en): This feature has an elongated shape and a steepness of up to 50°. Minimum depth (m): 2440. Maximum depth (m): 4000. Total relief (m): 1560. Dimension: Approx. 52 km x 28 km (1st smt) and 40 km X 14 km (2nd smt).    
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Part of  North Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2016-04-23 14:57:37 by Oset Garcia Paula
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