Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7457
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishMiddle America TrenchIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishAcapulco TrenchUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
FrenchFosse d’AcapulcoUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishGuatemala DeepUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishGuatemala TrenchUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
RussianGvatemal’skaya VpadinaUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishMexican Acapulco TrenchUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishMexican TrenchUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishMexico TrenchUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishTrinchera de MexicoUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
RussianTsentral’no-Amerikanskiy ZhelobUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
RussianГватемальская ВпадинаUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
RussianЦентрально-Американский ЖелобUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Trench 
Latitude 15° 15' 52.5" N (15.26457051°)  
Longitude 95° 46' 40.1" W (-95.77781243°)  
Min. Lat 8° 45' 0" N (8.75°)  
Min. Long 106° 30' 0" W (-106.5°)  
Max. Lat 21° 15' 0" N (21.25°)  
Max. Long 84° 45' 0" W (-84.75°)  
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: John G. Heacock, University of Colorado, USA; and J. Lamar Worzel, Columbia University, USA. Year of proposal: 1955.    
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 its location in Central America.    
Additional information (en): This extremely long, exceptionaly deep, seismically-active zone was first mapped in a series of geological-geophysical expeditions aboard SIO R/V "Horizon" (1954) and "Spencer F. Baird" (1953, 1954, 1956), following a 1952 reconnaissance by Fisher aboard     
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 15; Longitude: -95    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -154454    
Relations 
Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Partly part of  Costa Rican Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)  [view hierarchy]   
Partly part of  Salvadoran Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)  [view hierarchy]   
Partly part of  Guatemalan Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)  [view hierarchy]   
Partly part of  Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)  [view hierarchy]   
Partly part of  Nicaraguan Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)  [view hierarchy]   
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