| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/5071 |
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Proposed standard  |
| Names |
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| English | Arguin Bank | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
| French | Banc d'Arguin | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
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Bank |
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| Latitude |
20° 22' 0" N (20.366667°) |
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17° 0' 0" W (-17°) |
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IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 20.36666667; Long: -17 |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-13. Proposer: Olivier Parvillers, French Hydrographic Office (SHOM). Year of proposal: 1999. |
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Additional information (en): This feature is notorious as a danger to navigation. This is also where the French ship "La Méduse" was wrecked in 1816, that inspired Théodore Géricault when he painted the famous "Radeau de la Méduse". This feature classifies as a reef, but the name Arg |
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| Edit history |
Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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