Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63211
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishHoward TroughUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Trough 
Latitude 27° 54' 30" N (27.908333°)  
Longitude 93° 49' 0" W (-93.816667°)  
Source US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF), available online at http://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html/acuf.html
Notes ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14792612    
Additional information (en): Located in the Gulf of Mexico. Named in honor of Dr. Matthew K. Howard (deceased), who dedicated much of his career studying the Flower Garden Banks area of the Gulf of Mexico. The feature name was proposed by Texas A&M University, Dept. of Oceanography. Approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names at USBGN Meeting 276; 16 July 2019.    
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Part of  Gulf of Mexico (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2020-07-29 11:09:26 by Lonneville Britt
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