Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6523
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishMorphey GuyotIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Guyot 
Latitude 4° 27' 0" S (-4.45°)  
Longitude 58° 30' 0" E (58.5°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCGN-8. Proposer: Robert L. Fisher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA. Year of proposal: 1980.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named after Corneille N. Morphey, captain of French frigate "Le Cerf", who took possession of the Seychelles in the name of the King of France, on November 1, 1756, and named the Seychelles group.    
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Part of  Indian Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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