Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64069
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishTaurua HillIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Hill(s) 
Latitude 15° 16' 51.1" S (-15.28087°)  
Longitude 134° 33' 50.2" W (-134.56394°)  
Min. Lat 15° 17' 36.3" S (-15.2934°)  
Min. Long 134° 34' 30.3" W (-134.5751°)  
Max. Lat 15° 15' 59.8" S (-15.2666°)  
Max. Long 134° 33' 7.3" W (-134.552°)  
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 an irregular shape. Minimum depth (m): 3340. Maximum depth (m): 4330. Total relief (m): 990. Dimension/size: 3.2 km x 2.3 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: 2019. History: Named from the Tahitian word “Taurua” which means “Venus” (the planet) in that language.    
Relation 
Part of  South 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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