| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/24795 |
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Proposed standard  |
| Names |
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Name |
Name source |
| English | Abrolhos Shelf | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
| English | Abrolhos Bank | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
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Shelf |
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| Latitude |
18° 22' 38.7" S (-18.37741°) |
| Longitude |
38° 40' 49.7" W (-38.68046°) |
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| Min. Lat |
19° 42' 29.9" S (-19.7083°) |
| Min. Long |
39° 38' 6" W (-39.635°) |
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| Max. Lat |
16° 44' 42" S (-16.745°) |
| Max. Long |
37° 19' 30" W (-37.325°) |
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IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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| Notes |
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -18.52; Long: -38.7 |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-22. Proposer: Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Center of the Brazilian Hydrographic Office (DHN). Year of proposal: 2009. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Portuguese explorers (16th century). History: Named from the Abrolhos Archipelago which is located inside this shelf. The specific term"abrolhos,"which means"open eyes; to stare,"was used by the ancient Portuguese navigators when arriving in t |
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Additional information (en): Changed from "bank" to "shelf" by SCUFN22 (2009), in accordance with how this feature is referred to by the Brazilian scientific community. Minimum depth (m): 18. Maximum depth (m): 3835. Total relief (m): 3817. Dimension: ~220 km x 245 km, with a hexagon |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -18.5; Longitude: -38.75 |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -152198 |
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Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -18.52; Long: -38.69667 (update 2022-07-26) |
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Last edited on 2022-07-26 14:30:46 by Lonneville Britt
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