Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/5184
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishNiños KnollIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Knoll(s) 
Latitude 24° 49' 0" N (24.816667°)  
Longitude 71° 47' 0" W (-71.783333°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 24.81666667; Long: -71.78333333    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-10. Proposer: Troy L. Holcombe, National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), USA. Year of proposal: 1992.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: This feature is named after the three Niños brothers who sailed with Columbus. Juan Niños was Christopher Columbus's favourite shipmate during his discovery voyage. He owned and sailed as master of the Niña. His brother, Peralonso Niños, was the     
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -154672    
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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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