Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/59367
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishFogo SeamountsIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 41° 11' 14.6" N (41.18738°)  
Longitude 51° 18' 30" W (-51.30834°)  
Min. Lat 40° 22' 0" N (40.3667°)  
Min. Long 53° 0' 0" W (-53°)  
Max. Lat 42° 16' 0" N (42.2667°)  
Max. Long 48° 57' 0" W (-48.95°)  
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/0cf17f90849c20c355877fef0217326a    
Notes CGND unique id (featureid) (en): 0cf17f90849c20c355877fef0217326a    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 41.25; Long: -51 (update 2021-09-02)    
Additional information (en): The name Fogo Seamounts was retained by the proposer after more than a decade of scientific use. Adopted from the Canadian Geographical Names Data Base (CGNDB). Minimum depth (m): 2500. Maximum depth (m): 5100. Total relief (m): 2600.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34. Proposer: A. Ruffman, Geomarine Associates Ltd, NS, Canada. History: 1993.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: "Fogo" is the Portuguese word for fire, and the seamounts in the area were born of fire.    
Relation 
Part of  North Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2021-09-02 09:41:40 by Lonneville Britt
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