Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6993
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishMcDonald BankIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Bank 
Latitude 75° 34' 32.7" S (-75.57573751°)  
Longitude 27° 15' 19.2" W (-27.25534025°)  
Min. Lat 75° 39' 0" S (-75.65°)  
Min. Long 27° 51' 0" W (-27.85°)  
Max. Lat 75° 30' 0" S (-75.5°)  
Max. Long 26° 40' 0.1" W (-26.6667°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -75.5; Long: -26.6; minLat: -75.65; minLong: -27.85; maxLat: -75.5; maxLong: -26.6667    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-12. Proposer: Heinrich Hinze, Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Germany. Year of proposal: 1997.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named in association with the nearby glaciological feature "McDonald Ice Rumple" (of the Brunt Ice Shelf), which was named after Allan McDonald of the British Association of Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile.    
Additional information (en): Minimum depth (m): 200.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -75.5; Longitude: -26.583333    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 320401    
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Edit history Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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