MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7199 |
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English | Porpoise Canyon | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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PlaceType |
Canyon(s) |
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Latitude |
64° 15' 50.4" S (-64.26400109°) |
Longitude |
130° 55' 44.5" E (130.92902361°) |
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Min. Lat |
64° 50' 0" S (-64.8333°) |
Min. Long |
130° 20' 0" E (130.3333°) |
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Max. Lat |
63° 40' 0" S (-63.6667°) |
Max. Long |
131° 40' 0" E (131.6667°) |
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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-13. Proposer: Kunio Yashima, Japan Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department (JHOD). Year of proposal: 1999. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese research vessel "Hakurei-maru". History: Named from the nearby Porpoise Bay, Antarctica. |
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Additional information (en): This is one of the largest canyons in the Wilkes Land Continental Margin. |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -64.333333; Longitude: 131 |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 9001320 |
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Edit history |
Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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