Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/62556
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishBuchan TroughIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Trough 
Latitude 71° 57' 6.2" N (71.95172°)  
Longitude 72° 38' 50.7" W (-72.64741°)  
Min. Lat 71° 47' 46" N (71.7961°)  
Min. Long 73° 16' 42.1" W (-73.2784°)  
Max. Lat 72° 6' 26.4" N (72.1073°)  
Max. Long 72° 0' 59.3" W (-72.0165°)  
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/0cc701ab849c20c35573faa5e020848b    
Notes CGND unique id (featureid) (en): 0cc701ab849c20c35573faa5e020848b    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 71.866667 ; Long: -73.333333 (update 2024-04-25)    
Additional information (en): Adopted from the Canadian Gazetteer. Minimum depth (m): 400. Maximum depth (m): 800. Total relief (m): 400. Dimension/size: 55 km long.    
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 Buchan Gulf, which itself was named after the former Governor General of Canada, John Buchan (1875-1940), Lord Tweedsmuir.    
Relation 
Part of  Baffin Bay (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2024-04-25 15:19:39 by Lonneville Britt
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