| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64009 |
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| English | Heurkea Knoll | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Knoll(s) |
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| Latitude |
14° 18' 42.2" S (-14.31172°) |
| Longitude |
131° 54' 58.5" W (-131.91624°) |
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14° 19' 1.9" S (-14.3172°) |
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131° 55' 17.2" W (-131.9214°) |
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14° 18' 22.9" S (-14.3064°) |
| Max. Long |
131° 54' 39.7" W (-131.911°) |
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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): 3795. Maximum depth (m): 4075. Total relief (m): 280. Dimension/size: 1.3 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: "Heurkea" 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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