Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7336
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishHorizon RidgeIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Ridge 
Latitude 14° 27' 0.9" S (-14.45025051°)  
Longitude 106° 17' 59.6" E (106.2998969°)  
Min. Lat 14° 55' 0" S (-14.9167°)  
Min. Long 105° 52' 0" E (105.8667°)  
Max. Lat 14° 0' 0" S (-14°)  
Max. Long 106° 45' 0" E (106.75°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -14.5; Long: 106.25; minLat: -14.91666667; minLong: 105.8666667; maxLat: -14; maxLong: 106.75    
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: 1981.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Horizon". Year of discovery: 1962. History: Named from the U.S. research vessel "Horizon" (SIO, 1962: Lusiad Expedition) which, together with the U.S. research vessel "Argo", discovered and explored this feature.    
Additional information (en): Discovered during the Lusiad Expedition.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -14.816667; Longitude: 106.083333    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -153799    
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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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