MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7186 |
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Proposed standard ![Proposed standard Proposed standard](https://www.marineregions.org/images/gazetteer//icons/accept.png) |
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Name source |
English | Berkner Bank | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Latitude |
75° 38' 20" S (-75.63888106°) |
Longitude |
42° 54' 40.3" W (-42.91118379°) |
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Min. Lat |
77° 21' 0" S (-77.35°) |
Min. Long |
48° 27' 42.1" W (-48.4617°) |
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Max. Lat |
74° 5' 42" S (-74.095°) |
Max. Long |
37° 39' 47.9" W (-37.6633°) |
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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 |
(en): Updated coordinates (GEBCO May 2014) -
Previous values (GEBCO October 2002):
[Min. Lat: 77°0'0"S] ;
[Min. Long: 48°0'0"W] ;
[Max. Lat: 74°18'0"S] ;
[Max. Long: 41°0'0"W]
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named from the nearby Berkner Island, Antarctica, which itself was named after Lloyd V. Berkner, American physicist and an engineer with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-1930. |
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Additional information (en): Adopted from the ACUF Gazetteer. References: 1) "Surface Features on Sand Grains from Antarctic Continental Shelf and Deep-Sea Cores", by Rex and Margolis in Antarctic Journal, Sept./Oct. 1969, p. 168; 2) "Possible Interglacial Dune Sands in 300 Meters Wa |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -75; Longitude: -48 |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -152592 |
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Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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