Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/8084
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishEssaouira PromontoryIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishEssaouira RiseUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Promontory 
Latitude 32° 40' 0" N (32.666667°)  
Longitude 12° 0' 0" W (-12°)  
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: Hans A. Roeser, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Germany. Year of proposal: 2001.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: German research vessel "Meteor". Year of discovery: 1992. History: Named from the nearby Moroccan city of Essaouira.    
Additional information (en): Shown as Essaouira Rise in the ACUF Gazetteer. Minimum depth (m): 2600. Maximum depth (m): 4200. Total relief (m): 1600. Dimension: Feature extending some 200 km from the Moroccan Coast.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 32.5; Longitude: -12    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 9093384    
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Part of  North Atlantic Ocean (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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