Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/5231
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishGuiana PlateauIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Plateau 
Latitude 8° 20' 0" N (8.333333°)  
Longitude 54° 0' 0" W (-54°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 8.333333333; Long: -54    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCGN-6. Proposer: Roger C. Searle, Durham University, UK; and Bastiaan J. Collette, Utrecht University, Netherlands. Year of proposal: 1981.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Netherlands research vessel "Luymes". Year of discovery: 1969. History: Named from the nearby country of Guyana (formerly, British Guiana).    
Relations 
Part of  North Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Adjacent to  Demerara Plateau (Plateau)  [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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