Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6560
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishShell BankIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Bank 
Latitude 51° 40' 0" S (-51.666667°)  
Longitude 76° 15' 0" E (76.25°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -51.66666667; Long: 76.25    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-13. Proposer: J. J. Doyle, Australian Hydrographic Service (AHS). Year of proposal: 1998.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Of all the five outlying submarine banks in the Heard Island region, this is the only one which has sediment made of fine white shell grit. The others have sediment of fine black volcanic sand.    
Additional information (en): A submarine bank on the Kerguelen Plateau 126 M north-east from Heard Island. Minimum depth (m): 200.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -51.583333; Longitude: 76.083333    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 9009015    
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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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