Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/58733
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishTanager SeamountUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 15° 38' 20" N (15.638889°)  
Longitude 171° 3' 55" W (-171.065278°)  
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 the USS Tanager (AM-5), which, as part of the Tanager Expedition, conducted biological surveys of the Hawaiian Islands in 1923-24. 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): 14619526    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 15.63; Long:-171.06 (update 2020-07-28)    
Relation 
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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