Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6490
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishKarma SeamountsIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 12° 40' 0" S (-12.666667°)  
Longitude 106° 45' 0" E (106.75°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -12.66666667; Long: 106.75    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-11. Proposer: Robert L. Fisher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA. Year of proposal: 1994.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Various vessels. History: In 1965, Marie Tharp and Bruce Heezen proposed the name Karma Rise for a then ill-defined tract of the seafloor. Subsequent mapping revealed disparate complexes. This name commemorates Tharp's 1965 suggestions.    
Additional information (en): This feature was discovered during the International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE), 1962-1965.    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 94751    
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Part of  Indian Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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