Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/8035
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishAtla SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 79° 21' 36" N (79.36°)  
Longitude 2° 56' 42" E (2.945°)  
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-16. Proposer: Martin Klenke, Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Germany. Year of proposal: 2003.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. icebreakers and submarines. Year of discovery: 1960. History: Named from ancient Scandinavian mythology. "Atla" is an ocean giantess taking the shape of ocean waves.    
Additional information (en): Total relief (m): 1900.    
Relation 
Part of  Greenland Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [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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