Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6564
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishSteyns KnollIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishZeewyk KnollUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishZeewyk SeamountUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Knoll(s) 
Latitude 23° 0' 0" S (-23°)  
Longitude 101° 7' 0" E (101.116667°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -23; Long: 101.1166667    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-14. Proposer: Robert L. Fisher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA. Year of proposal: 2001.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Horizon". Year of discovery: 1962. History: Named after Jan Steyns, Captain of Dutch East India Company (VOC) ship "Zeewyk" in 1727, when she was wrecked on the Pelsaert Group (about 28°45'S) of the Houfman Abrolhos Islan    
Additional information (en): Discovered during the Lusiad Expedition. Formerly, Zeewyk Seamount. Shown as Zeewyk Seamount in the ACUF Gazetteer.Total relief (m): 900.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -22.916667; Longitude: 101.3    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -156188    
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Part of  Indian Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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