Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63495
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishSchmidt SeamountUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 27° 1' 6" N (27.018333°)  
Longitude 175° 35' 56" W (-175.598889°)  
Source US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF), available online at http://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html/acuf.html
Notes ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14964250    
Additional information (en): This seamount lies within the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Named in honor of the Schmidt Ocean Institute, whose vessel the R/V Falkor was used to map this feature with multi-beam sonar in 2014. The proposal was coordinated with and received the support of the Deputy Superintendent of the Monument. Proposed by the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names at USBGN Meeting 276; 16 July 2019.    
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Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2021-11-29 14:38:55 by Lonneville Britt
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