Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7088
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishPatia SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 17° 35' 0" S (-17.583333°)  
Longitude 115° 3' 0" W (-115.05°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -17.58333333; Long: -115.05    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-12. Proposer: Daniel Scheirer, Brown University, USA. Year of proposal: 1995.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Melville". Year of discovery: 1992. History: Patia is a Pascuense term for "fork" or "harpoon".    
Additional information (en): 100% multibeam coverage (Seabeam 2000) and GPS navigation. The associated ridge has a distinctive split in map view.    
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Part of  South 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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