Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7334
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishVening Meinesz SeamountsIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 11° 17' 28" S (-11.291116°)  
Longitude 103° 44' 48.1" E (103.746694°)  
Min. Lat 11° 30' 0" S (-11.5°)  
Min. Long 102° 30' 0" E (102.5°)  
Max. Lat 11° 0' 0" S (-11°)  
Max. Long 105° 0' 0" E (105°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Updated coordinates (GEBCO May 2014) - Previous values (GEBCO October 2002): [Max. Long: 104.5°]    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Proposer: Robert L. Fisher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA. Year of proposal: 1981.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Research vessels of the International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE). Year of discovery: 1960. History: Named after Felix A. Vening Meinesz (1887-1966), pioneer Dutch geodesist who conducted pendulum gravity measurements throughout the Indones    
Additional information (en): The group is distinct from Shcherbakov Seamount, 10°55'S - 104°40'E.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -11; Longitude: 102.5    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -155954    
Relations 
Part of  Indian Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  Australian Exclusive Economic Zone (Christmas Island) (EEZ)  [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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