Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64357
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishMoraes Moreira SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 13° 21' 15.7" S (-13.35436°)  
Longitude 33° 25' 58.5" W (-33.43291°)  
Min. Lat 13° 30' 1.4" S (-13.5004°)  
Min. Long 33° 32' 24.3" W (-33.5401°)  
Max. Lat 13° 12' 38.6" S (-13.2107°)  
Max. Long 33° 19' 3.8" W (-33.3177°)  
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): 2040. Maximum depth (m): 4550. Total relief (m): 2510. Dimension/size: 30 km x 20 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34.3. Proposer: Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation (DHN), Brazil. History: 2021.     
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Brazilian survey vessel "Almirante Alvaro Alberto". Year of discovery: 1988. History: Named after Antônio Carlos Moreira Pires, better known as Moraes Moreira (1947-2020), a Brazilian musician and songwriter from the nearby Bahia State. He was part of the Novos Baianos, a band that marked Brazilian popular music from the 1970s, after which he embarked on a solo career recording 29 albums. Moreira was one of the most versatile composers of Brazil, mixing the genres of rock, samba, choro, frevo, baião, and classical.    
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Part of  South Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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