Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7800
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishArgo Abyssal PlainIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
FrenchBassin Nord de l’AustralieUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishNorth Australian BasinUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
RussianSevero-Avstraliyskaya KotlovinaUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
RussianСеверо-Австралийская КотловинаUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Abyssal Plain 
Latitude 14° 30' 0" S (-14.5°)  
Longitude 116° 0' 0" E (116°)  
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-7. Proposer: Marie Tharp and Bruce Heezen, Columbia University, USA. Year of proposal: 1965.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Argo". Year of discovery: 1960. History: Named from the U.S. research vessel "Argo" of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA.    
Additional information (en): Formerly, Argo Plain. Labeled North Australian Basin on GEBCO 5.10. Shown as North Australian Basin in the ACUF Gazetteer.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -14.5; Longitude: 116.5    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -154704    
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Part of  Indian Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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