MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6561 |
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Names |
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Name source |
English | Somali Abyssal Plain | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
English | Somali Plain | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
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PlaceType |
Abyssal Plain |
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Latitude |
5° 0' 0" N (5°) |
Longitude |
52° 30' 0" E (52.5°) |
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Source |
IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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Notes |
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-14. Proposer: Marie Tharp and Bruce Heezen, Columbia University, USA. Year of proposal: 1965. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Research vessels of the International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE). History: Named from the nearby country of Somali. |
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Additional information (en): Formerly, Somali Plain. Shown as Somali Plain in the ACUF Gazetteer. |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 1; Longitude: 51.5 |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -155539 |
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Edit history |
Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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