Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6792
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishTaipaka SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 17° 47' 11.7" S (-17.78659°)  
Longitude 117° 25' 28.3" W (-117.42453°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -17.81666667; Long: -117.3833333    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-12. Proposer: Daniel Scheirer, Brown University, USA. Year of proposal: 1995.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Melville". Year of discovery: 1992. History: Taipaka is a Pascuense term for "calm seas".    
Additional information (en): 100% multibeam coverage (Seabeam 2000) and GPS navigation.    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -17.81667 ; Long: -117.38333 (update 2020-04-22)    
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Part of  South Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2020-05-08 00:45:32 by Lonneville Britt
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