Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7884
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishBellingshausen Abyssal PlainIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishBellinghausen Abyssal PlainUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishBellingshausen PlainUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Abyssal Plain 
Latitude 62° 3' 40.2" S (-62.061162°)  
Longitude 101° 38' 9.9" W (-101.63608°)  
Min. Lat 64° 30' 0" S (-64.5°)  
Min. Long 109° 0' 0" W (-109°)  
Max. Lat 60° 0' 0" S (-60°)  
Max. Long 94° 0' 0" W (-94°)  
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 May 2004): [Min. Lat: 65°0'0"S] ; [Min. Long: 110°0'0"W] ; [Max. Lat: 63°0'0"S] ; [Max. Long: 80°0'0"W]     
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-15.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named after Adm. F. F. Bellingshausen (1778-1852), participant to the first Russian round-the-world expedition (1803-1806) and the leader of the first circumpolar Russian Antarctic voyage (1819-21), who discovered the Antarctic continent and seve    
Additional information (en): Shown as Bellingshausen Plain in the ACUF Gazetteer. Positions revised at SCUFN-25 (2012).    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -64; Longitude: -90    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -152571    
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Part of  Southern 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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