MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6490 |
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Name source |
English | Karma Seamounts | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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PlaceType |
Seamount(s) |
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Latitude |
12° 40' 0" S (-12.666667°) |
Longitude |
106° 45' 0" E (106.75°) |
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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 |
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -12.66666667; Long: 106.75 |
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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. |
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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. |
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Additional information (en): This feature was discovered during the International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE), 1962-1965. |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 94751 |
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Edit history |
Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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