Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/5233
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishRocket SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 15° 50' 30" N (15.841667°)  
Longitude 36° 6' 42" W (-36.111667°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Corrected latitude/longitude (GEBCO October 2002 error: 15°10'30"N/36°6'42"W) Updated with GEBCO May 2014.    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 15.841667; Long: -36.11166667    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCGN-8. Proposer: M. R. Reeves, UK. Year of proposal: 1968.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: British vessel HMS "Rocket". Year of discovery: 1962. History: Named from the British vessel HMS "Rocket" that discovered this feature in 1962.    
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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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