MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6913 |
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Name source |
English | South Solomon Trench | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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PlaceType |
Trench |
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Latitude |
11° 20' 0" S (-11.333333°) |
Longitude |
162° 45' 0" E (162.75°) |
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Source |
IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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Notes |
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -11.33333333; Long: 162.75 |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Proposer: Robert L. Fisher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA. Year of proposal: 1962. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Spencer F. Baird". Year of discovery: 1962. History: Named from the nearby Solomon islands and country. |
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Additional information (en): This deep area, like the North (and South) New Hebrides Trench was mapped on Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)'s 1962 PROA Expedition (U.S. research vessel "Spencer F. Baird"). However, earlier stray soundings had indicated deep water in all three |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -11; Longitude: 164.5 |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -155591 |
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Edit history |
Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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