Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/26669
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishNiemegk HillIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Hill(s) 
Latitude 26° 5' 24" S (-26.09°)  
Longitude 34° 48' 0" E (34.8°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-24. Proposer: Conrad Kopsch, Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Germany. Year of proposal: 2009.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Netherlands research vessel "Pelagia". Year of discovery: 2009. History: Named from "Niemegk", a small city located 60 kilometres west of Potsdam and hosting one of the world famous geomagnetic observatories. The "Magnetic Observatory Adolf Sc    
Additional information (en): Feature discovered by research vessel "Pelagia", with R. Krocker, during Expedition 64PE306. Minimum depth (m): 764. Maximum depth (m): 970. Total relief (m): 206. Dimension: 1.5 km × 1.5 km.    
Relations 
Part of  Mozambique Channel (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  Mozambican 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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