| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6530 |
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| English | Owen Bank | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Bank |
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| Latitude |
6° 47' 0" S (-6.783333°) |
| Longitude |
70° 14' 0" E (70.233333°) |
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IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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| Notes |
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -6.783333333; Long: 70.23333333 |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Proposer: British Admiralty. Year of proposal: 1900. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: British vessel HMS "Barracouta". Year of discovery: 1811. History: Named after Lt. W. Owen aboard HMS "Barracouta", who reported this feature in 1811. |
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Additional information (en): This position is 40-60 M west of Great Chagos Bank; water depth in the vicinity is 1900 fm (Research Vessel "Anton Bruun", 1964). No ship tracks precisely over this position. Landsat satellite photographs (1981-1982) do not indicate any water discoloratio |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -154841 |
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Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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