Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6459
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishCuvier Abyssal PlainIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishCuvier PlainUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Abyssal Plain 
Latitude 22° 0' 0" S (-22°)  
Longitude 110° 50' 0" E (110.833333°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -22; Long: 110.8333333    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-10. Proposer: J. J. Doyle, Australian Hydrographic Service (AHS). Year of proposal: 1992.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named in association with the adjacent coastal feature Cape Cuvier, NW Australia, so named during the French expedition under Baudin in 1800-1803. Reportedly after Georges Cuvier, French zoologist and statesman, 1769-1832.    
Additional information (en): Taken from the AGSO bathymetric map "Cuvier". Formerly, Cuvier Basin. Shown as Cuvier Plain in the ACUF Gazetteer.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -22; Longitude: 111    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -153080    
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Part of  Indian Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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