| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7306 |
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Proposed standard  |
| Names |
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Name source |
| English | Saya de Malha Bank | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
| French | Banc Poydenot | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
| French | Banc Saya de Malha | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
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| PlaceType |
Bank |
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| Latitude |
10° 2' 4.8" S (-10.034666°) |
| Longitude |
60° 33' 45.6" E (60.562654°) |
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| Precision |
130000 meter |
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| Min. Lat |
11° 15' 0" S (-11.25°) |
| Min. Long |
59° 59' 28.8" E (59.9913°) |
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| Max. Lat |
8° 20' 0" S (-8.3333°) |
| Max. Long |
61° 50' 0" E (61.8333°) |
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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. Long: 60.16666667° |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: The bank was named by Portuguese explorers 500 years ago, who encountered the bank on the voyage between the Cape of Good Hope and India. |
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Additional information (en): This feature is the largest submerged bank in the world. |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -10.5; Longitude: 61.5 |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -155361 |
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Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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