Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/4991
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishGloria Fracture ZoneIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Fracture Zone 
Latitude 36° 53' 10.8" N (36.88632138°)  
Longitude 23° 27' 17.6" W (-23.45489111°)  
Min. Lat 36° 46' 59.9" N (36.7833°)  
Min. Long 24° 10' 59.9" W (-24.1833°)  
Max. Lat 36° 55' 59.9" N (36.9333°)  
Max. Long 22° 43' 0.1" W (-22.7167°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 36.88333333; Long: -23.5; minLat: 36.78333333; minLong: -24.18333333; maxLat: 36.93333333; maxLong: -22.71666667    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-14. Proposer: Jean-René Vanney, University of Paris IV, France; and Portuguese Hydrographic Office (Instituto Hidrografico). Year of proposal: 2000.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named from the towed multibeam echo-sounding equipment GLORIA, which was used extensively to survey this area.    
Additional information (en): Ref: Laughton A.S. et al. 1975: "mid-Atlantic to south-west Europe", sheet 3 (Scale 1:2,400,000 at 41°N - C 6568).    
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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