Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7870
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishBuchanan RidgeIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Ridge 
Latitude 38° 17' 2.5" N (38.28401936°)  
Longitude 31° 56' 4.3" W (-31.93452197°)  
Min. Lat 38° 4' 0" N (38.0667°)  
Min. Long 32° 20' 0" W (-32.3333°)  
Max. Lat 38° 30' 0" N (38.5°)  
Max. Long 31° 32' 0" W (-31.5333°)  
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-15. Proposer: Jean-RenĂ© Vanney, University of Paris IV, France; and Portuguese Hydrographic Office (Instituto Hidrografico). Year of proposal: 2001.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named after the Scottish Oceanographer John Young Buchanan (1864-1925), Geography assistant at Cambridge, who, after the Challenger cruise, took part in the Princesse Alice cruises (Prince Albert 1er of Monaco's yacht), from 1892 to 1894 and from    
Relations 
Part of  North Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone (Azores) (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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