Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7445
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishCedros TrenchIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishCedros DeepUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Trench 
Latitude 27° 32' 1.6" N (27.533779°)  
Longitude 115° 30' 14.4" W (-115.50401°)  
Min. Lat 25° 50' 0" N (25.8333°)  
Min. Long 116° 45' 0" W (-116.75°)  
Max. Lat 29° 15' 0" N (29.25°)  
Max. Long 114° 15' 0" W (-114.25°)  
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: Robert L. Fisher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA. Year of proposal: 1952.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. Navy vessels en route Panama - California, 1920-1950. Year of discovery: 0. History: Named from the nearby Cedros Island, off Baja California, Mexico.    
Additional information (en): Exceedingly flat-floored dual level sea bottom. This sedimented trench was extensively explored and "named" by R. L. Fisher and other SIO marine geologists-geophysicists in 1951-54.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 27.75; Longitude: -115.75    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -152876    
Relations 
Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)  [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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