Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7505
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishPapagayos RidgeIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishPapagayo RidgeUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Ridge 
Latitude 15° 56' 50.7" N (15.94742584°)  
Longitude 63° 56' 23.8" W (-63.93993952°)  
Min. Lat 15° 10' 0.1" N (15.1667°)  
Min. Long 64° 1' 30.4" W (-64.0251°)  
Max. Lat 16° 43' 0.1" N (16.7167°)  
Max. Long 63° 49' 44" W (-63.8289°)  
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): Associated meeting: SCGN-9. Proposer: Philippe Bouysse, French geological survey (BRGM). Year of proposal: 1984.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named from the bird of same name. Papagayos are true parrots which are common in the Caribbean area and Central America.    
Additional information (en): Taken from bathymetric chart entitled: "Esquisse Bathymétrique de l'Est-Caraïbe, 1984" (accompanying BRGM Document No.93, compiled by Philippe Bouysse and others). Shown as Papagayo Ridge in the ACUF Gazetteer.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 15.5; Longitude: -63.983333    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -154872    
Relations 
Part of  Caribbean Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  Venezuelan 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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