Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63512
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishGlière GuyotIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Guyot 
Latitude 27° 0' 39.6" N (27.011°)  
Longitude 160° 44' 10.1" W (-160.73615°)  
Min. Lat 26° 54' 30.6" N (26.9085°)  
Min. Long 160° 52' 17.8" W (-160.8716°)  
Max. Lat 27° 7' 23.1" N (27.1231°)  
Max. Long 160° 36' 14.4" W (-160.604°)  
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-33. Proposer: Prof. K. Novoselskiy, R. Gliere Memorial Museum, Moscow, Russia. Year of proposal: 2021.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Henry W. Menard, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA. Year of discovery: 1959. History: Named after Reinhold Glière (1875 - 1956), a prominent Russian / Soviet composer, of German-Polish-French descent, author of 3 symphonies, 7 ballets, 5 operas, 150 romances, 4 concertos (including the world-famous Coloratura Concerto). His poem "The Sirens" is directly dedicated to deep-sea mythology.    
Additional information (en): This feature has a round shape and a steepness of 9 to 15 %. Reinhold Glière was the teacher of several famous Russian musicians, such as Prokofiev and Khachaturian, and the friend of Sibelius, Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich. Minimum depth (m): 2127. Maximum depth (m): 4500. Total relief (m): 2373. Dimension: 25 km × 15 km    
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Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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