Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/58730
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishEdmonson SeamountUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 15° 45' 0" N (15.75°)  
Longitude 170° 23' 0" W (-170.383333°)  
Source US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF), available online at http://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html/acuf.html
Notes Additional information (en): A seamount located southwest of the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Named for Dr. Charles Howard Edmonson, marine biologist, of the 1923 Tanager Expedition. This feature name was proposed by the University of Hawaii at Manoa Department of Oceanography. Approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names at USBGN Meeting 273; 17 July 2018.    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14619523    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 15.75; Long:-170.38 (update 2020-07-28)    
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Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2019-05-21 01:34:02 by Lonneville Britt
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