Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7157
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishNorth Scotia RidgeIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishSouth Georgia RidgeUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Ridge 
Latitude 53° 9' 14.1" S (-53.15390417°)  
Longitude 48° 28' 7.4" W (-48.46871422°)  
Min. Lat 53° 49' 59.9" S (-53.8333°)  
Min. Long 52° 45' 0" W (-52.75°)  
Max. Lat 53° 4' 10.9" S (-53.0697°)  
Max. Long 44° 0' 0" W (-44°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Updated coordinates (GEBCO May 2014) - Previous values (GEBCO October 2002): [Max. Lat: -53.33333°]    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named from the Scotia Sea, of which it forms the northern border.    
Additional information (en): Shown as South Georgia Ridge in the ACUF Gazetteer.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -54; Longitude: -40    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -155570    
Relations 
Part of  South Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  Overlapping claim South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: United Kingdom / Argentina (Overlapping claim)  [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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