Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6818
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishAmundsen Abyssal PlainIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishAmundsen PlainUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Abyssal Plain 
Latitude 62° 26' 4.9" S (-62.43470201°)  
Longitude 123° 7' 59.3" W (-123.1331345°)  
Min. Lat 65° 0' 0" S (-65°)  
Min. Long 129° 0' 0" W (-129°)  
Max. Lat 60° 0' 0" S (-60°)  
Max. Long 118° 0' 0" W (-118°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -65; Long: -125; minLat: -65; minLong: -129; maxLat: -60; maxLong: -118    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-25.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named after the Norwegian Polar explorer Roald Amundsen 1872-1928, who led the expedition that first reached the South Pole in 1911. He also was the first to fly over the North Pole on an airship in 1926.    
Additional information (en): Positions revised at SCUFN-25 (2012).    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -65; Longitude: -125    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -152341    
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Part of  Southern 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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