Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6548
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishSapmer SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 36° 49' 36" S (-36.826667°)  
Longitude 52° 7' 30" E (52.125°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -36.8; Long: 52.11666667    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCGN-8. Proposer: Marcel Barbarin, French fishery company \Sapmer\. Year of proposal: 1987.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: French fishing vessel "Sapmer". Year of discovery: 1970. History: Named from the French fishing vessel "Sapmer" that identified and signaled this feature to the French Hydrographic Office (SHOM).    
Additional information (en): This feature is located in the central part of the Southwest Indian Ridge near the Gallieni Fracture Zone among depths of 1600-2000 m. It is irregular in shape, with dissected slopes and an oval shape within the depth contour of 250 m. The steepness of th    
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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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