Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/48826
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishIracema GuyotIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Guyot(s) 
Latitude 2° 56' 22.9" S (-2.9397°)  
Longitude 37° 46' 5.4" W (-37.76818°)  
Min. Lat 3° 4' 34.8" S (-3.0763°)  
Min. Long 37° 54' 58.8" W (-37.9163°)  
Max. Lat 2° 48' 10.8" S (-2.803°)  
Max. Long 37° 37' 0" W (-37.6167°)  
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-28. Proposer: Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation (DHN), Brazil. Year of proposal: 2015.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Research vessel "Teknik Perdana". Year of discovery: 1994. History: Iracema, which means in Guarani language "honey-lips", is a classic of Brazilian literature, also known as Ceará Legend. It was written in 1865 by José de Alencar, a famous na    
Additional information (en): This feature has an elongated shape and a steepness up to 32°. Minimum depth (m): 274. Maximum depth (m): 2350. Total relief (m): 2076. Dimension: ~ 30 km x 20 km.    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -2.979; Long: -37.75683 (update 2026-09-29)    
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Part of  South Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2026-09-29 09:47:45 by Lonneville Britt
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