Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/4992
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishGirard RidgeIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Ridge 
Latitude 37° 30' 0" N (37.5°)  
Longitude 26° 33' 0" W (-26.55°)  
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-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 Albert Arthur Alexandre Girard (1860-1914), a French-American zoologist living in Lisbon, friend and co-worker of King Carlos I and Prince Albert I of Monaco. He archived the series of data gathered in the Azores.    
Additional information (en): This is a definite elongation, with irregular summit.Total relief (m): 1000.    
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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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