Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7592
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishNorth Weddell RidgeIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishAmerica-Antarctic RidgeUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishAmerica-Antarctica RidgeUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishAtlantic Scotia RidgeUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishBristol-Bouvet RidgeUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Ridge 
Latitude 58° 21' 36.9" S (-58.36023653°)  
Longitude 11° 47' 8.1" W (-11.78559231°)  
Min. Lat 60° 15' 0" S (-60.25°)  
Min. Long 20° 0' 0" W (-20°)  
Max. Lat 56° 0' 0" S (-56°)  
Max. Long 4° 30' 0" W (-4.5°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named after the British sailor, navigator and seal hunter James Weddell (1787-1834), who discovered the Weddell Sea during his Antarctic voyage 1822-1824.    
Additional information (en): Formerly, America-Antarctic Ridge. Shown as America-Antarctic Ridge in the ACUF Gazetteer.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -59; Longitude: -16    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -152316    
Relation 
Part of  Southern 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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