Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/25083
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishTropicbird Orchid HillIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Hill(s) 
Latitude 3° 5' 36" S (-3.093333°)  
Longitude 56° 14' 42" E (56.245°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -3.09; Long: 56.25    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-17. Proposer: Robert Whitmarsh, University of Southampton, UK. Year of proposal: 2003.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named from the national flower of the Seychelles. The Tropicbird Orchid is indigenous to the country. It has fleshy leaves and a curving stem which produces white flowers five centimeters across and a long fifteen centimeter spur.    
Additional information (en): Minimum depth (m): 3275.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -3.083333; Longitude: 56.233333    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 9196206    
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Part of  Indian 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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