Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63424
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishPalma SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 20° 25' 22.9" S (-20.42302°)  
Longitude 30° 43' 8" W (-30.7189°)  
Min. Lat 20° 32' 28.6" S (-20.5413°)  
Min. Long 30° 49' 54.6" W (-30.8318°)  
Max. Lat 20° 18' 31.4" S (-20.3087°)  
Max. Long 30° 36' 5.8" W (-30.6016°)  
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): 3306. Maximum depth (m): 4768. Total relief (m): 1462. Dimension/size: 30 km x 28 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: 1962. History: Named after Jorge Jesus Cunha Palma (1942-2020), a Brazilian geologist. He was a pioneer in marine geology studies and contributed to defining the maritime limits of Brazil and to increasing knowledge in the Brazilian continental margin.    
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Part of  South 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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