Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/24960
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishLitvin SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 77° 41' 29.1" N (77.69142°)  
Longitude 6° 41' 21.4" E (6.68929°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Corrected latitude/longitude (GEBCO August 2011 error: 77°42'0"N/6°1'12"E) Updated with GEBCO May 2014.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-20. Proposer: Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). Year of proposal: 2007.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Russian research vessel "Akademik Nikolay Strakhov". Year of discovery: 2006. History: Named after V. M. Litvin (1942-2002), a Russian marine geomorphologist, doctor of sciences, professor, and polar researcher. He worked at the Murmansk Polar    
Additional information (en): This large elongated feature is located on the western slope of the northern segment of Knipovich Valley. Minimum depth (m): 840. Maximum depth (m): 3340. Total relief (m): 2500. Dimension: About 30 km x 16 km.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 77.699997; Longitude: 6.71667    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 10277881    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 77.70167 ; Long: 6.725 (update 2020-04-22)    
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Edit history Last edited on 2020-05-08 00:45:32 by Lonneville Britt
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