Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63411
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishGuaraná HillIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Hill(s) 
Latitude 7° 54' 25.5" N (7.90709°)  
Longitude 47° 55' 59.6" W (-47.93323°)  
Min. Lat 7° 49' 19.6" N (7.8221°)  
Min. Long 47° 58' 13.7" W (-47.9705°)  
Max. Lat 7° 59' 31.9" N (7.9922°)  
Max. Long 47° 54' 9.9" W (-47.9027°)  
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 and elongated shape in the N-S direction. Minimum depth (m): 3786. Maximum depth (m): 4420. Total relief (m): 634. Dimension/size: 20 km x 8 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34. Proposer: Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation (DHN), Brazil. History: 2020.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Robert D. Conrad". Year of discovery: 1970. History: Named from the Guaraná, a typical fruit from the Amazon, common in Brazil. The fruit's colour ranges from brown to red and it contains black seeds that are partly covered with white arils. Guaraná is most popular in Brazil as a soda. Guaraná seed is also an effective stimulant, due to its concentration in caffeine.    
Relation 
Part of  North Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2021-09-02 22:35:14 by Lonneville Britt
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