Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64466
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishAdare Sea ChannelIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seachannel 
Latitude 71° 21' 12.6" S (-71.35349°)  
Longitude 174° 39' 31.8" E (174.65883°)  
Min. Lat 71° 43' 25.1" S (-71.7236°)  
Min. Long 173° 46' 36.6" E (173.7768°)  
Max. Lat 70° 54' 48.1" S (-70.9134°)  
Max. Long 175° 26' 6.6" E (175.4352°)  
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 an elongated shape. Minimum depth (m): 2100. Maximum depth (m): 2550. Total relief (m): 450. Dimension/size: 115 km long.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-36. Proposer: New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB). History: 2023.     
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Nathaniel B. Palmer". Year of discovery: 1996. History: Named in association with the land feature, Cape Adare, which itself was named by Captain James Ross (1800-1862) for his friend Viscount Adare (1812-1861), Member of Parliament for Glamorganshire, England.    
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Part of  Southern Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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