Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7271
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishChun SpurIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Spur 
Latitude 53° 23' 56.5" S (-53.39902°)  
Longitude 81° 13' 0.3" E (81.216758°)  
Min. Lat 53° 58' 0" S (-53.9667°)  
Min. Long 79° 25' 0" E (79.4167°)  
Max. Lat 52° 54' 0" S (-52.9°)  
Max. Long 83° 0' 0" E (83°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-11. Proposer: Robert L. Fisher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA. Year of proposal: 1993.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. oceanographic research vessel "Eltanin"; and French research and supply vessel "Marion Dufresne". Year of discovery: 1991. History: Named after Carl Chun (Professor Zoology, Leipzig University, Germany). He was leader of "Deutschen Tiefse    
Additional information (en): This name supersedes, together with Drygalski Ridge and William's Seamount, the former William's Seamounts at position 53°20'S-81°15'E.    
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Part of  Indian 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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