Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/5180
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishNiños ValleyIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Valley 
Latitude 24° 26' 41.7" N (24.44491739°)  
Longitude 74° 47' 12" W (-74.78667223°)  
Min. Lat 24° 1' 0" N (24.0167°)  
Min. Long 74° 54' 0" W (-74.9°)  
Max. Lat 24° 44' 0" N (24.7333°)  
Max. Long 74° 22' 0" W (-74.3667°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Updated coordinates (GEBCO May 2014) - Previous values (GEBCO October 2002): [Min. Lat: 24.366667°]    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 24.01666667; Long: -74.88333333; minLat: 24.0166667; minLong: -74.9; maxLat: 24.73333333; maxLong: -74.36666667    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-10. Proposer: Troy L. Holcombe, National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), USA. Year of proposal: 1992.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: This feature is named after the three Niños brothers who sailed with Columbus. Juan Niños was Christopher Columbus's favourite shipmate during his discovery voyage. He owned and sailed as master of the Niña. His brother, Peralonso Niños, was the     
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 24.5; Longitude: -74.833333    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -154674    
Relations 
Part of  North Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  Bahamian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)  [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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