Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/5138
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishBirma SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 40° 51' 23.1" N (40.85643°)  
Longitude 52° 10' 5.7" W (-52.16824°)  
Min. Lat 40° 42' 54.4" N (40.7151°)  
Min. Long 52° 22' 52.5" W (-52.3813°)  
Max. Lat 40° 58' 52.5" N (40.9813°)  
Max. Long 51° 56' 37.5" W (-51.9438°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Links http://geogratis.gc.ca/services/geoname/en/features/0cf17f08849c20c3f113a4f5896554a0    
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 40.86666667; Long: -52.06666667 (update 2021-09-06)    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-10. Proposer: Alan Ruffman, Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (CANOMA). Year of proposal: 1991.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named from the "Birma", one of the ships which responded to the Titanic's call for help following her collision with an iceberg on 15 April 1912.    
CGND unique id (featureid) (en): 0cf17f08849c20c3f113a4f5896554a0    
Additional information (en): Formerly, Birma Knoll. Adopted from the Canadian Geographical Names Data Base (CGNDB). Minimum depth (m): 3300. Maximum depth (m): 5100. Total relief (m): 1800. Dimension/size: 35 km x 30 km.    
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Part of  North Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2021-09-06 09:21:07 by Lonneville Britt
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