Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7029
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishWegener CanyonIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Canyon(s) 
Latitude 70° 43' 10.1" S (-70.71946784°)  
Longitude 13° 17' 40" W (-13.29443409°)  
Min. Lat 70° 57' 42.1" S (-70.9617°)  
Min. Long 14° 39' 36" W (-14.66°)  
Max. Lat 70° 34' 5.9" S (-70.5683°)  
Max. Long 12° 10' 30" W (-12.175°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -70.75; Long: -14; minLat: -70.9617; minLong: -14.66; maxLat: -70.5683; maxLong: -12.175    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCGN-9. Proposer: Hans Werner Schenke, Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Germany. Year of proposal: 1989.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: German research vessel "Polarstern". Year of discovery: 1985. History: Named after the German polar scientist Alfred Lothar Wegener (1880-1930).    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -70.75; Longitude: -14    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -156051    
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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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