Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6559
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishShackleton SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 36° 58' 59.2" S (-36.9831°)  
Longitude 22° 48' 4.7" E (22.8013°)  
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): Proposer: Eric S. W. Simpson and E. Forder, University of Cape Town, South Africa; and J. K. Mallory, South African Navy Hydrographic Office (SANHO). Year of proposal: 1964.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named after Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922), arguably the greatest British Antarctic Explorer of all time.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -36.9; Longitude: 22.75    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -155431    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -36.95 ; Long: 22.75 (update 2020-04-22)    
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Part of  Indian Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2020-05-08 00:45:32 by Lonneville Britt
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