Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/58731
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishPierpont GuyotUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Tablemount 
Latitude 15° 25' 10" N (15.419444°)  
Longitude 172° 2' 20" W (-172.038889°)  
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 guyot located southwest of the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Named for Captain Joseph Pierpont of the American Brig, Sally, that grounded nearby in 1796. 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): 14619524    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 15.41; Long:-172.03 (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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