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http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6201 |
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| English | Ptolemy Basin | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Basin |
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27° 30' 0" N (27.5°) |
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156° 30' 0" E (156.5°) |
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IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCGN-6. Proposer: Jacqueline Mammerickx, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA. Year of proposal: 1985. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named after Ptolemy (A.D. 90-168), a Greek philosopher scientist who is considered the founder of geography. In his writings he was very aware of the astronomical discoveries of his time and he fitted numerous independent pieces of knowledge into |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -155069 |
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Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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