Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/5062
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishNwayfadh CanyonIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Canyon(s) 
Latitude 25° 32' 0.3" N (25.53341036°)  
Longitude 16° 22' 59.8" W (-16.38329154°)  
Min. Lat 25° 30' 0" N (25.5°)  
Min. Long 16° 32' 0" W (-16.5333°)  
Max. Lat 25° 34' 0" N (25.5667°)  
Max. Long 16° 14' 0" W (-16.2333°)  
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-13. Proposer: Olivier Parvillers, French Hydrographic Office (SHOM). Year of proposal: 1999.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named from the nearby town of Nwayfadh, Western Sahara.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 25.566667; Longitude: -16.533333    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 9032615    
Relations 
Part of  North Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  Overlapping claim Western Sahara: Western Sahara / Morocco (Overlapping claim)  [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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