Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7199
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishPorpoise CanyonIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Canyon(s) 
Latitude 64° 15' 50.4" S (-64.26400109°)  
Longitude 130° 55' 44.5" E (130.92902361°)  
Min. Lat 64° 50' 0" S (-64.8333°)  
Min. Long 130° 20' 0" E (130.3333°)  
Max. Lat 63° 40' 0" S (-63.6667°)  
Max. Long 131° 40' 0" E (131.6667°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-13. Proposer: Kunio Yashima, Japan Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department (JHOD). Year of proposal: 1999.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese research vessel "Hakurei-maru". History: Named from the nearby Porpoise Bay, Antarctica.    
Additional information (en): This is one of the largest canyons in the Wilkes Land Continental Margin.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -64.333333; Longitude: 131    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 9001320    
Relations 
Part of  Southern Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  Antarctic 200 NM zone beyond the coastline (200 NM zone beyond the coastline)  [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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