Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/5103
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishRokel SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishRokkel SeamountUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 2° 6' 0" N (2.1°)  
Longitude 17° 29' 30" W (-17.491667°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 2.1; Long: -17.49166667    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-14. Proposer: Olivier Parvillers, French Hydrographic Office (SHOM). Year of proposal: 2000.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: This seamount is located at the end of Sierra Leone Abyssal Plain. The Sierra Leone River comes from Rokel Creek, a major river in Sierra Leone. The name Rokel has been selected for this seamount accordingly, as if the seamount would be overlooki    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 9096040    
Relation 
Part of  North Atlantic 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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