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http://marineregions.org/mrgid/57162 |
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| English | Rooney Seamount | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
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27° 0' 39.8" N (27.011066°) |
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176° 51' 34.8" W (-176.859658°) |
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US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF), available online at http://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html/acuf.html |
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Additional information (en): Rooney Seamount is located in the Northern Pacific Ocean; western Hawaiian Ridge; approx. 80 miles south of Midway Islands; Beyond the U.S. Territorial Sea and within the U.S. EEZ. It is situated within the Papahanumokuakea Marine Nat’l Monument. Feature Description: Max depth: approx. 4,700m, Min depth: approx. 649m, Total Relief: approx. 4,051m. Survey vessel: NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. The commemorative name is in honor of Dr. John Rooney (1960-2016). Dr. Rooney devoted his life to studying deep-water geology and geomorphology, and led many expeditions that mapped the waters around Hawaii andother places in the Pacific. Proposer: Dr. Daniel Wagner, NOAA Papahanumokuakea Marine Nat’l Monument. Approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names at USBGN Meeting 271; 17 Oct. 2017. |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14457401 |
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Last edited on 2018-10-18 09:31:18 by Oset Garcia Paula
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