| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/24831 |
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Proposed standard  |
| Names |
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Name source |
| English | Camões Seamount | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
| English | Camoens Seamount | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
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Seamount(s) |
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| Latitude |
8° 18' 30" N (8.308333°) |
| Longitude |
53° 11' 0" E (53.183333°) |
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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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(en): Origin of Name: Luiz Vaz de Camões (1524-1580) was the author of""Os Lusiadas,""the 16th century epic poem of Portuguese exploration of the Indian Ocean. |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCGN-8. Proposer: Robert L. Fisher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA. Year of proposal: 1989. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named after the Portuguese poet Luiz Vaz de Camões (1524-1580). He traveled through Africa, India during the Portuguese conquest and wrote a masterpiece entitled "Os Lusiadas" (The Portuguese), the 16th century epic poem of Portuguese exploration |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 8.3; Longitude: 53.183333 |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 9092539 |
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Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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