Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6539
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishRig Seismic SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishRig Seismic SeamountsUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 55° 16' 18" S (-55.271667°)  
Longitude 82° 58' 48" E (82.98°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -55.27166667; Long: 82.98    
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: 1993.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. oceanographic research vessel "Eltanin". Year of discovery: 1972. History: Named from the geophysical research vessel "Rig Seismic" that worked extensively on Kerguelen Plateau in early 1980s; also made a traverse across eastern peak in 1    
Additional information (en): Shown as Rig Seismic Seamounts in the ACUF Gazetteer.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -55.266667; Longitude: 82.966667    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 111188    
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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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