Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/60173
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishMcKinley PingosIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Pingo(s) 
Latitude 70° 36' 6.7" N (70.60187°)  
Longitude 131° 2' 46.1" W (-131.04614°)  
Min. Lat 70° 25' 25.2" N (70.4237°)  
Min. Long 131° 55' 3.3" W (-131.9176°)  
Max. Lat 70° 46' 13.7" N (70.7705°)  
Max. Long 130° 29' 57.7" W (-130.4994°)  
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/0cc603f0849c20c3e97cc67b4ee2a362    
Notes CGND unique id (featureid) (en): 0cc603f0849c20c3e97cc67b4ee2a362    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 70.833333 ; Long: -131.41667 (update 2024-04-29)    
Additional information (en): "Pingo" is of inuit origin meaning "small hill". This feature is actually formed of Mounds. Adopted from the Canadian Gazetteer.     
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-36. Proposer: DFO Science (Fisheries and Oceans Canada). History: 2023.     
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named from the nearby McKinley Bay, Northwest Territories, Canada.    
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Part of  Beaufort Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2024-04-29 14:58:41 by Lonneville Britt
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