Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6562
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishSomerville BankIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Bank 
Latitude 12° 40' 0" S (-12.666667°)  
Longitude 60° 50' 0" E (60.833333°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -12.66666667; Long: 60.83333333    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Proposer: Robert L. Fisher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA. Year of proposal: 1981.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: British survey vessel HMS "Sealark". Year of discovery: 1905. History: Named after Admiral Boyle T. Somerville (1863-1936), earlier 1905 Captain of British survey vessel HMS "Sealark", an early 20th century UK Hydrographer; assassinated by pol    
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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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