Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6494
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishLe Vasseur SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 7° 54' 17.3" S (-7.904808°)  
Longitude 55° 45' 30.5" E (55.758465°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -7.948333333; Long: 55.69666667    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCGN-9. Proposer: Robert L. Fisher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA. Year of proposal: 1991.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Horizon". Year of discovery: 1962. History: Named after Olivier le Vasseur (La Buze/La Buse), an active and notorious pirate captain in this region 1721-1730.    
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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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