MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6086 |
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Names |
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Name |
Name source |
English | Lapérouse Bank | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
English | La Pérouse Bank | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
English | La Pérousse Bank | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
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PlaceType |
Bank |
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Latitude |
48° 40' 0" N (48.666667°) |
Longitude |
125° 50' 0" W (-125.833333°) |
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Source |
IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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Links |
http://geogratis.gc.ca/services/geoname/en/features/68b50723849c214ab471404a0816bc5b |
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Notes |
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 48.66666667; Long: -125.8333333 |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Comte de Lapérouse, French explorer, on board French vessel "La Boussole". Year of discovery: 1786. History: Named after the French explorer Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (1741-1788). |
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Additional information (en): The French official spelling of this name is as one word, although it is known that several ships commemorating this explorer have been named La Pérouse (two words). Shown as La Pérouse Bank in the ACUF Gazetteer. |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -154127 |
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CGND unique id (featureid) (en): 68b50723849c214ab471404a0816bc5b |
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Edit history |
Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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