MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63972 |
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English | Balboa Hill | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Hill(s) |
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Latitude |
38° 30' 47.7" N (38.51324°) |
Longitude |
168° 21' 10" W (-168.35278°) |
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Min. Lat |
38° 30' 4.8" N (38.5013°) |
Min. Long |
168° 22' 5.4" W (-168.3682°) |
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Max. Lat |
38° 31' 30.5" N (38.5252°) |
Max. Long |
168° 20' 18.3" W (-168.3384°) |
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IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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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. |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34.2. Proposer: Caladan Oceanic LLC, Texas, USA. History: 2020. |
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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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Last edited on 2022-07-29 15:10:08 by Lonneville Britt
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