Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/24821
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishBillings SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 47° 36' 42" N (47.61166667°)  
Longitude 157° 50' 30" E (157.84166667°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Previous coordinates 2011: minLat: 47.51, minLong: 157.76, maxLat: 47.72, maxLong: 157.91    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-23. Proposer: Rainer Gersonde, Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Germany. Year of proposal: 2009.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: German research vessel "Sonne". Year of discovery: 2009. History: Name after Joseph Billings (1758-1806), a British navigator and explorer who led an expedition in search of the Northeast Passage from 1785 to 1794. He then stayed with the Impe    
Additional information (en): Expedition conducted by T. Dufek, A.-K. Rohardt and C. Heinzl. This feature has a steep circular shape. Minimum depth (m): 3862. Maximum depth (m): 5201. Total relief (m): 1339. Dimension: 13 km x 9 km.    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 12358074    
Relations 
Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  Russian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)  [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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