MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7101 |
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Name source |
English | Roggeveen Basin | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Basin |
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Latitude |
31° 30' 0" S (-31.5°) |
Longitude |
96° 30' 0" W (-96.5°) |
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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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Notes |
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named after Jacob Roggenveen (1659-1729), Dutch navigator. Sailing west from Chile in 1721, his three ships discovered "Paasch Eyland" (Easter Island) on Easter Sunday, 1722. He proceeded west to Society Islands and Samoa, then back to Europe. |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -31.5; Longitude: -95.5 |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -155187 |
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Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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