Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/5071
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishArguin BankIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
FrenchBanc d'ArguinUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Bank 
Latitude 20° 22' 0" N (20.366667°)  
Longitude 17° 0' 0" W (-17°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 20.36666667; Long: -17    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-13. Proposer: Olivier Parvillers, French Hydrographic Office (SHOM). Year of proposal: 1999.    
Additional information (en): This feature is notorious as a danger to navigation. This is also where the French ship "La Méduse" was wrecked in 1816, that inspired Théodore Géricault when he painted the famous "Radeau de la Méduse". This feature classifies as a reef, but the name Arg    
Relations 
Part of  North Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Adjacent to  Mauritania (Nation)  [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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