Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7540
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishBibiariki RidgeIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishBibiariki Seamount ChainUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Ridge 
Latitude 17° 37' 1.3" S (-17.6170403°)  
Longitude 115° 40' 1.1" W (-115.66698324°)  
Min. Lat 17° 46' 0" S (-17.7667°)  
Min. Long 116° 3' 0" W (-116.05°)  
Max. Lat 17° 28' 0" S (-17.4667°)  
Max. Long 115° 17' 0" W (-115.2833°)  
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-12. Proposer: Daniel Scheirer, Brown University, USA.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Melville". History: Bibiariki is a Pascuense term for"king of mountains."This ridge is the largest group of seamounts in this area.    
Additional information (en): 100% multibeam coverage (Seabeam 2000) and GPS navigation. Shown as Seamount Chain in ACUF Gazetteer.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -17.616667; Longitude: -115.666667    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 186258    
Relation 
Part of  South Pacific 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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