Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7306
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishSaya de Malha BankIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
FrenchBanc PoydenotUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
FrenchBanc Saya de MalhaUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Bank 
Latitude 10° 2' 4.8" S (-10.034666°)  
Longitude 60° 33' 45.6" E (60.562654°)  
Precision 130000 meter 
Min. Lat 11° 15' 0" S (-11.25°)  
Min. Long 59° 59' 28.8" E (59.9913°)  
Max. Lat 8° 20' 0" S (-8.3333°)  
Max. Long 61° 50' 0" E (61.8333°)  
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: 60.16666667°    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: The bank was named by Portuguese explorers 500 years ago, who encountered the bank on the voyage between the Cape of Good Hope and India.    
Additional information (en): This feature is the largest submerged bank in the world.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -10.5; Longitude: 61.5    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -155361    
Relation 
Part of  Indian 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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