Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/4983
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishPettersson EscarpmentIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Escarpment 
Latitude 37° 5' 42.1" N (37.09503294°)  
Longitude 29° 38' 14.1" W (-29.63725534°)  
Min. Lat 37° 0' 0" N (37°)  
Min. Long 30° 12' 0" W (-30.2°)  
Max. Lat 37° 9' 0" N (37.15°)  
Max. Long 29° 5' 0" W (-29.0833°)  
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. Lat: 37.15°] ; [Min. Long: -30.2°] ; [Max. Lat: 37.1°] ; [Max. Long: -29.6667°]    
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): History: Named after the Swedish oceanographer Otto Petterson (1848-1941). Teacher in Stockholm, he campaigned in support of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), which he chaired from 1905-1920. He also collaborated with HSH Pr    
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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