Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/4900
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishOrtegal TerraceIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Terrace 
Latitude 43° 55' 0" N (43.916667°)  
Longitude 8° 30' 0" W (-8.5°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 43.91666667; Long: -8.5    
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 Cape Ortegal, which is the most northern point of Spain (43°43'N-7°52'W).    
Additional information (en): Name taken from Laughton A. S., 1975, Deep-Sea Research, Vol. 23.    
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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 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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