Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/24954
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishLa Pérouse SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 19° 42' 24.3" S (-19.70675°)  
Longitude 54° 8' 55.1" E (54.14863°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -19.67; Long: 54.15    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-13. Proposer: Robert L. Fisher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA. Year of proposal: 1998.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: French survey vessel "La Pérouse". Year of discovery: 1962. History: This seamount has been named for the ship "La Pérouse" (two words) that reported it, not for the explorer himself, Comte de Lapérouse, although he operated in the Indian Ocea    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -19.65; Longitude: 54.15    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -154128    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -19.66667 ; Long: 54.15 (update 2020-04-22)    
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Part of  Indian 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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