Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7258
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishMozambique EscarpmentIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishMozambique ScarpUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Escarpment 
Latitude 34° 30' 47.6" S (-34.51323386°)  
Longitude 35° 28' 55.5" E (35.48208542°)  
Min. Lat 40° 0' 0" S (-40°)  
Min. Long 33° 45' 0" E (33.75°)  
Max. Lat 29° 0' 0" S (-29°)  
Max. Long 37° 0' 0" E (37°)  
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): Proposer: Eric S. W. Simpson, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa. Year of proposal: 1979.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Various vessels, 1961-1979 and 1981. Year of discovery: 0. History: Named from the nearby country of Mozambique.    
Additional information (en): Formerly, Mozambique Scarp.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -35; Longitude: 35.5    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -154555    
Relation 
Part of  Indian 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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