Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63469
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishJoão Pessoa SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 6° 41' 35.8" S (-6.69327°)  
Longitude 32° 39' 55.1" W (-32.6653°)  
Min. Lat 6° 50' 5.6" S (-6.8349°)  
Min. Long 32° 48' 11.2" W (-32.8031°)  
Max. Lat 6° 33' 15.1" S (-6.5542°)  
Max. Long 32° 31' 36.4" W (-32.5268°)  
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): 2485. Maximum depth (m): 4690. Total relief (m): 2215. Dimension/size: 30 km x 30 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: 1989. History: Named from the nearby coastal city of João Pessoa, in the Paraíba State, Northeast of Brazil. The city is at the most eastward point of South America and takes its name from the murdered politician João Pessoa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque, in 1930.    
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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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