Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6551
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishSerendip SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 8° 17' 0" N (8.283333°)  
Longitude 54° 43' 0" E (54.716667°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Formerly, listed as Sarandib Seamount    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 8.283333333; Long: 54.71666667    
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: 1989.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named after Serendip (or Serendib), a legendary island visited by Sind'bad and also an obsolete name for Ceylan, now Sri Lanka.    
Additional information (en): Formerly, Sarandib Seamount.    
Relation 
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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