Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/49757
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishFfynnon Garw HillIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Hill(s) 
Latitude 9° 59' 51.4" N (9.99762°)  
Longitude 149° 48' 45.9" W (-149.81276°)  
Min. Lat 9° 58' 11.9" N (9.97°)  
Min. Long 149° 51' 44" W (-149.8622°)  
Max. Lat 10° 1' 44.5" N (10.029°)  
Max. Long 149° 45' 54.3" W (-149.7651°)  
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-29. Proposer: Leighton Rolley, Schmidt Ocean Institute, USA. Year of proposal: 2016.     
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Falkor". Year of discovery: 2016. History: Named from a fictional hill "Ffynnon Garw" situated North of Cardiff, Wales, UK, in the story (also made into a film in 1995) "The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain" by Christopher Monger, UK (1950-).    
Additional information (en): This feature has an irregular shape. Minimum depth (m): 4354. Maximum depth (m): 5290. Total relief (m): 936. Dimension: 10770 m x 6680 m.    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 9.99762 ; Long: -149.81276 (update 2020-04-22)    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15236928    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 9.997639; Longitude: -149.81275    
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Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2020-05-08 00:45:32 by Lonneville Britt
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