Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7038
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishStearns SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 29° 51' 23.6" N (29.85654314°)  
Longitude 179° 53' 45" W (-179.895828°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Corrected latitude/longitude (GEBCO October 2002 inaccuracy: 30°0'0"N/180°0'0"W) Updated with GEBCO May 2014.    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 29.856543; Long: -179.8958    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-11. Proposer: Barbara H. Keating and Loren Kroenke, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA. Year of proposal: 1995.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Kana Keoki". Year of discovery: 1984. History: Named after Harold T. Stearns (1900-1986), one of the most important geologists to work in the Hawaiian Islands, studying volcanism and water resources. He named many of the     
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 29.933333; Longitude: -179.916667    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 45495    
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Part of  North Pacific 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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