Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33559
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishKnipper SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 26° 47' 39.1" S (-26.7942°)  
Longitude 63° 46' 9.5" E (63.7693°)  
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-26. Proposer: Ksenia O. Dobrolyubova, Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GIN RAS). Year of proposal: 2013.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Russian research vessel "Akademik Nikolay Strakhov". Year of discovery: 2012. History: Named after A.L. Knipper (1931-2010), a Russian geologist, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1992) and director of its Geological Institute. He was    
Additional information (en): The feature is located near the Rodrigues Tripple Junction. The area has been extensively mapped by French scientists from 2006 to 2009 [Cannat, M., Sauter, D., Escartin, J., Lavier, L., and Picazo, S. (2009). Oceanic corrugated surfaces and the strength     
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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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