Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/48802
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishFalkor SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 11° 51' 15.6" N (11.854322°)  
Longitude 144° 52' 24.9" E (144.873578°)  
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-28. Proposer: Leighton Rolley, Schmidt Ocean Institute, USA. Year of proposal: 2014.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Falkor". Year of discovery: 2014. History: Named from the oceanographic research vessel that discovered this feature: RV "Falkor", the flagship vessel of the Schmidt Ocean Institute, USA.    
Additional information (en): This feature has a conical shape. Minimum depth (m): 6495. Maximum depth (m): 8279. Total relief (m): 1784. Dimension: ~ 12 km long.    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 13632249    
Relation 
Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2016-04-23 14:57:37 by Oset Garcia Paula
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