Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6566
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishTchernia SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 10° 31' 30" S (-10.525°)  
Longitude 47° 7' 30" E (47.125°)  
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): 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 Paul Tchernia (1905-1986), French physical oceanographer. He worked for some years at Nosy Bé, Madagascar, and was one of the early participants and planners of the International Indian Ocean Expedition (1958-1965).    
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Part of  Indian Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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