Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7640
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishPorthos CanyonIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Canyon(s) 
Latitude 44° 58' 2.6" N (44.96738059°)  
Longitude 2° 44' 50" W (-2.74720936°)  
Min. Lat 44° 50' 35.9" N (44.8433°)  
Min. Long 2° 54' 11.9" W (-2.9033°)  
Max. Lat 45° 7' 41.9" N (45.1283°)  
Max. Long 2° 41' 30.1" W (-2.6917°)  
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: SCUFN-14. Proposer: Raymond Le SuavĂ© and Jean-François Bourillet, French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER). Year of proposal: 2000.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named after Porthos, one of the famous French musketeers, who was born in the nearby land region.    
Relations 
Part of  Bay of Biscay (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  French 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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