Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/5260
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishAmphitheatre EscarpmentIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishAmphitheaters EscarpmentUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Escarpment 
Latitude 19° 6' 44.9" N (19.11248545°)  
Longitude 66° 0' 43.3" W (-66.0120247°)  
Min. Lat 18° 53' 0" N (18.8833°)  
Min. Long 66° 40' 0" W (-66.6667°)  
Max. Lat 19° 10' 0" N (19.1667°)  
Max. Long 65° 19' 0" W (-65.3167°)  
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: 19.116667°] ; [Min. Long: -66°]    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 18.88333333; Long: -66.66666667; minLat: 18.883333; minLong: -66.666667; maxLat: 19.16666667; maxLong: -65.31666667    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCGN-9. Proposer: Troy L. Holcombe, National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), USA. Year of proposal: 1990.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named from the shape of the feature. It resembles 2 amphitheatres side by side.    
Additional information (en): Shown as Amphitheaters Escarpment in the ACUF Gazetteer.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 19.1; Longitude: -66.05    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -152337    
Relations 
Part of  North Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  United States Exclusive Economic Zone (Puerto Rico) (EEZ)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  United States Exclusive Economic Zone (United States Virgin Islands) (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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