Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7198
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishFimbul CanyonIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Canyon(s) 
Latitude 69° 28' 33.5" S (-69.47597331°)  
Longitude 1° 4' 13.5" E (1.07042729°)  
Min. Lat 69° 45' 0" S (-69.75°)  
Min. Long 1° 2' 51.6" E (1.0477°)  
Max. Lat 69° 10' 0.1" S (-69.1667°)  
Max. Long 1° 30' 0" E (1.5°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Updated coordinates (GEBCO May 2014) - Previous values (GEBCO October 2002): [Min. Long: 1.166667°]    
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 "Fimbul Ice Shelf". The name "Fimbul" is a (Scandinavian) mythological topic.    
Relations 
Part of  Southern Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  Antarctic 200 NM zone beyond the coastline (200 NM zone beyond the coastline)  [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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