Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6463
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishDiscovery BankIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Bank 
Latitude 51° 15' 0" S (-51.25°)  
Longitude 72° 50' 0" E (72.833333°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -51.25; Long: 72.83333333    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-13. Proposer: J. J. Doyle, Australian Hydrographic Service (AHS). Year of proposal: 1997.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named from the British vessel RRS "Discovery" which undertook important bathymetric charting and oceanographic work in this vicinity on the first "Banzare" voyage in 1929-1930.    
Additional information (en): This feature is located on the Kerguelen Plateau 108 M northwest of Heard Island. Minimum depth (m): 200.    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 9009179    
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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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