Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/5988
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishHurihuri SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 18° 15' 0" S (-18.25°)  
Longitude 114° 57' 0" W (-114.95°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-12. Proposer: Daniel Scheirer, Brown University, USA. Year of proposal: 1995.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Melville". Year of discovery: 1992. History: Hurihuri is a Pascuense term for "continuous rolling", related to a consequence of the incessant trade winds at this latitude.    
Additional information (en): 100% multibeam coverage (Seabeam 2000) and GPS navigation.    
Relation 
Part of  South Pacific 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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