| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7071 |
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| English | Matua Seamount | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Seamount(s) |
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| Latitude |
15° 14' 0" S (-15.233333°) |
| Longitude |
116° 48' 0" W (-116.8°) |
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IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -15.23333333; Long: -116.8 |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-12. Proposer: Daniel Scheirer, Brown University, USA. Year of proposal: 1995. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Melville". Year of discovery: 1992. History: Matua is the second half of the Pascuense name Hotu Matua who was the legendary Polynesian leader who brought the first settlers to Easter Island. Hotu Ridge is adjacent to Mat |
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Additional information (en): 100% multibeam coverage (Seabeam 2000) and GPS navigation. |
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Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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