Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6396
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishFrench Frigate ShoalsIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishFrench Frigate ShoalUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Shoal 
Latitude 23° 45' 0" N (23.75°)  
Longitude 166° 10' 0" W (-166.166667°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: On a 1786 traverse from Monterey (Alta California, Mexico) to Macao, this unknown shoal with pinnacles was encountered. The frigates were "L'Astrolabe" and "La Boussole" under the great French navigator-explorer Jean-François de Galaup, comte de     
Additional information (en): This feature belongs to the Hawaiian Islands. A rock nearby is called Lapérouse Pinnacle.    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -153452    
Relations 
Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  United States Exclusive Economic Zone (Hawaii) (EEZ)  [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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