| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7820 |
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Proposed standard  |
| Names |
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Name source |
| English | Nansen Basin | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
| Russian | Kotlovina Nansena | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
| English | Nansen Deep | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
| Russian | Котловина Нансена | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
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Basin |
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| Latitude |
84° 20' 12" N (84.33665954°) |
| Longitude |
78° 39' 39.8" E (78.66106409°) |
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| Min. Lat |
78° 22' 6.7" N (78.3685°) |
| Min. Long |
13° 9' 38.1" E (13.1606°) |
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| Max. Lat |
85° 48' 49.4" N (85.8137°) |
| Max. Long |
124° 18' 34.8" E (124.3097°) |
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IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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| Notes |
(en): Updated coordinates (GEBCO May 2014) -
Previous values (GEBCO May 2004):
[Min. Lat: 84°0'0"N] ;
[Min. Long: 20°0'0"E] ;
[Max. Lat: 84°0'0"N] ;
[Max. Long: 90°0'0"E] |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Proposer: Ya. Ya. Gakkel, NIIGA, Russia. Year of proposal: 1950. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named after Fridtjov Nansen (1861-1930), a Norwegian explorer of the Arctic. He was the first to cross Greenland by ski (1888), leader of the polar expedition on "Fram" (1893-1896), laureate of Nobel Prize (1922), and member of the GEBCO Committe |
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Additional information (en): Formerly, Fram Basin. It is fenced by the Gakkel Ridge and by the Barents Sea continental shelf on the other side. The lowest point of the Arctic Ocean (4,665 m) lies within the Nansen Basin. Maximum depth (m): 4665. |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 84.5; Longitude: 75 |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -154592 |
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Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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