Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/24968
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishMalahoff SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 18° 12' 0" N (18.2°)  
Longitude 157° 27' 0" W (-157.45°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Corrected longitude (input error: 157°27'0"E) Updated with GEBCO May 2014.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-23. Proposer: John R. Smith Jr., Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL), USA. Year of proposal: 2008.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Kilo Moana". Year of discovery: 2007. History: Named after Dr. Alex Malahoff, an American geoscientist who was Professor of Oceanography and Director of the Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory at the University of Hawaii     
Additional information (en): Minimum depth (m): 1600. Maximum depth (m): 4400. Total relief (m): 2800. Dimension: About 20 km in diameter at its base.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 18.199964; Longitude: -157.450028    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 10277866    
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Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [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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