MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/34311 |
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Names |
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Name source |
English | Baffin Basin | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
Russian | Baffinova Kotlovina | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
Russian | Баффинова Котловина | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
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PlaceType |
Basin |
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Latitude |
71° 32' 22.1" N (71.53946°) |
Longitude |
64° 56' 7.2" W (-64.93533°) |
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Min. Lat |
66° 38' 41.8" N (66.6449°) |
Min. Long |
71° 10' 45" W (-71.1792°) |
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Max. Lat |
74° 49' 40.8" N (74.828°) |
Max. Long |
58° 44' 20.9" W (-58.7391°) |
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Source |
IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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Notes |
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -152462 |
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Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 73.25 ; Long: -67 (update 2024-04-25) |
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Additional information (en): This feature has an elongated shape. Adopted from the Canadian Gazetteer. Minimum depth (m): 1400. Maximum depth (m): 2400. Total relief (m): 1000. Dimension/size: 1000 km x 260 km. |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-36. Proposer: DFO Science (Fisheries and Oceans Canada). History: 2023. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named from the associate Baffin Bay, which was named after William Baffin, the famous English explorer, who made five voyages to the Arctic in 1612, 1613, 1614, 1615 and 1616. He died in 1622. |
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Last edited on 2024-04-25 15:19:39 by Lonneville Britt
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