MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63997 |
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Name source |
English | Akki Knoll | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Knoll(s) |
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Latitude |
15° 10' 4.4" S (-15.16788°) |
Longitude |
134° 12' 51.8" W (-134.21438°) |
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Min. Lat |
15° 10' 21.6" S (-15.1727°) |
Min. Long |
134° 13' 11.6" W (-134.2199°) |
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Max. Lat |
15° 9' 46.1" S (-15.1628°) |
Max. Long |
134° 12' 32.4" W (-134.209°) |
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Source |
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 round shape. Minimum depth (m): 4040. Maximum depth (m): 4295. Total relief (m): 245. Dimension/size: 1.2 km x 1.2 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: 2019. History: "Akki" is a Polynesian-named dolphin character from the novel “Startide Rising” by David Brin, which won the Hugo Award for best science-fiction novel in 1984. The area of the feature is in French Polynesia. |
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Last edited on 2022-07-29 15:10:08 by Lonneville Britt
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