Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63972
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishBalboa HillIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Hill(s) 
Latitude 38° 30' 47.7" N (38.51324°)  
Longitude 168° 21' 10" W (-168.35278°)  
Min. Lat 38° 30' 4.8" N (38.5013°)  
Min. Long 168° 22' 5.4" W (-168.3682°)  
Max. Lat 38° 31' 30.5" N (38.5252°)  
Max. Long 168° 20' 18.3" W (-168.3384°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Additional information (en): This feature has a nearly round shape. Minimum depth (m): 4900. Maximum depth (m): 5500. Total relief (m): 600. Dimension/size: 3.4 km x 3.3 km.     
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34.2. Proposer: Caladan Oceanic LLC, Texas, USA. History: 2020.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Research vessel DSSV Pressure Drop. Year of discovery: 2020. History: Namd after Vasco Núñez de Balboa (c. 1475-1519), a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World.    
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Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2022-07-29 15:10:08 by Lonneville Britt
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