Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6086
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishLapérouse BankIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishLa Pérouse BankUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishLa Pérousse BankUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Bank 
Latitude 48° 40' 0" N (48.666667°)  
Longitude 125° 50' 0" W (-125.833333°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Links http://geogratis.gc.ca/services/geoname/en/features/68b50723849c214ab471404a0816bc5b    
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 48.66666667; Long: -125.8333333    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Comte de Lapérouse, French explorer, on board French vessel "La Boussole". Year of discovery: 1786. History: Named after the French explorer Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (1741-1788).    
Additional information (en): The French official spelling of this name is as one word, although it is known that several ships commemorating this explorer have been named La Pérouse (two words). Shown as La Pérouse Bank in the ACUF Gazetteer.    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -154127    
CGND unique id (featureid) (en): 68b50723849c214ab471404a0816bc5b    
Relation 
Part of  North Pacific 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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