Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/5011
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishDiogo de Silves HoleIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Hole 
Latitude 38° 56' 0" N (38.933333°)  
Longitude 27° 40' 0" W (-27.666667°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 38.93333333; Long: -27.66666667    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-14. Proposer: Jean-RenĂ© 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 Portuguese pilot Diogo de Silves who first identified the Azores in 1427.    
Additional information (en): This is a local depression. Formerly, Este Graciosa / East Graciosa Basin (See Searle, 1980).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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