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http://marineregions.org/mrgid/4988 |
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Name source |
| English | Gonzalo Velho Cabral Escarpment | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Escarpment |
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| Latitude |
36° 33' 9.6" N (36.55267941°) |
| Longitude |
25° 4' 12.2" W (-25.07005504°) |
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36° 30' 0" N (36.5°) |
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25° 34' 0.1" W (-25.5667°) |
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| Max. Lat |
36° 39' 0" N (36.65°) |
| Max. Long |
24° 34' 59.9" W (-24.5833°) |
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IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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| Notes |
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 36.55; Long: -25.08333333; minLat: 36.5; minLong: -25.56666667; maxLat: 36.65; maxLong: -24.58333333 |
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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. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named after the Portuguese seaman Gonzalo Velho Cabral who colonized Santa Maria island (1432) then San Miguel (1434), in the Azores. |
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Additional information (en): Steep 700-900 m decline, fairly linear. This is also the name of the SE Santa Maria Lighthouse.Total relief (m): 900. |
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Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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