Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63420
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishPaiva Carvalho SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 12° 7' 5.4" S (-12.11818°)  
Longitude 33° 43' 12.1" W (-33.72004°)  
Min. Lat 12° 20' 17.7" S (-12.3383°)  
Min. Long 33° 59' 58.2" W (-33.9995°)  
Max. Lat 11° 53' 10.8" S (-11.8863°)  
Max. Long 33° 27' 26" W (-33.4572°)  
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. Minimum depth (m): 1900. Maximum depth (m): 4500. Total relief (m): 2600. Dimension/size: 70 km x 50 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 "Vema". Year of discovery: 1968. History: Named after João de Paiva Carvalho (1903-1961), a Brazilian oceanographer. He was a pioneer in the studies of oceanography in the Brazilian State of São Paulo. In 1946, he contributed to the establishment of the Ocanographic Institute at the São Paulo University and its Department of Biological Oceanography, which he dedicated his professional life. His name is perpetuated in several species.    
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Part of  South Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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