Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63078
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishGamma Crucis SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 28° 39' 14.2" S (-28.65395°)  
Longitude 37° 24' 6.2" W (-37.40171°)  
Min. Lat 28° 45' 14.9" S (-28.7541°)  
Min. Long 37° 30' 19.8" W (-37.5055°)  
Max. Lat 28° 33' 28.3" S (-28.5579°)  
Max. Long 37° 16' 55" W (-37.282°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Additional information (en): This feature has a conical shape and a steepness of 1 to 55°. Minimum depth (m): 2225. Maximum depth (m): 4570. Total relief (m): 2345. Dimension/size: 27 km x 20 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): "Associated meeting: SCUFN-32. Proposer: Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation (DHN)    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Brazil. History: 2019.","Discoverer: French research and supply vessel ""Marion Dufresne"". Year of discovery: 2011. History: Named from ""Gamma Crucis"", the third-brightest star of the South Cross constellation (Cruzeiro do Sul, in Portuguese) in the southern hemisphere, in association with the nearby Cruzeiro do Sul Rift. Gamma Crucis is a bright red giant star located at the northern point of the crossbar of the South Cross, when facing south."    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14961979    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -28.630019; Longitude: -37.398119    
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Part of  South Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2020-07-06 17:20:04 by Lonneville Britt
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