Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7374
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishMid-Pacific SeamountsIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishGory Markus-NekkerUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishJohnston-Wake RidgeUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishMarcus-Necker RidgeUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishMarcus-Necker RiseUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishMarcus-Necker Seamount ChainUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishMarcus-Wake Seamount GroupUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishMarcus-Wake SeamountsUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishMid-Pacific MountainsUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishWake-Johnston RidgeUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishWake-Necker RidgeUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishWake-Nekar RidgeUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
RussianГоры Маркус-НеккерUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 19° 51' 10.9" N (19.85304°)  
Longitude 52° 5' 33.6" W (-52.09266°)  
Min. Lat 17° 9' 0" N (17.15°)  
Min. Long 179° 59' 56.4" W (-179.999°)  
Max. Lat 22° 0' 0" N (22°)  
Max. Long 179° 59' 56.4" E (179.999°)  
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: SCGN-6. Proposer: Edwin L. Hamilton, U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory (USNEL). Year of proposal: 1956.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Horizon". Year of discovery: 1950. History: This feature extends E-W in the central Pacific Ocean.    
Additional information (en): This very significant assemblage of seamounts and guyots was recognized/mapped/dredged in a joint summer 1950 Mid-Pac Expedition by SIO's R/V "Horizon" and USNEL's EPCE(R) 857. Formerly, Mid-Pacific Mountains or Moonless Mountains. Shown as Mid-Pacific Mo    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 20; Longitude: -178    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -154467    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 18.21486 ; Long: -178.43468 ; minLat: 17.15 ; minLong: -180 ; maxLat: 22 ; maxLong: 180 (update 2020-04-22)    
Relations 
Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  United States Exclusive Economic Zone (Johnston Atoll) (EEZ)  [view hierarchy]   
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