MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7546 |
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Names |
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Name source |
English | Apitoka Ridge | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
English | Apitoka Seamount Chain | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
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Ridge |
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Latitude |
18° 39' 31" S (-18.65861477°) |
Longitude |
117° 20' 30.4" W (-117.34177806°) |
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Min. Lat |
18° 43' 0" S (-18.7167°) |
Min. Long |
117° 40' 0" W (-117.6667°) |
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Max. Lat |
18° 36' 0" S (-18.6°) |
Max. Long |
117° 1' 0" W (-117.0167°) |
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Source |
IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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Notes |
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-12. Proposer: Daniel Scheirer, Brown University, USA. Year of proposal: 1995. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Melville". Year of discovery: 1992. History: Apitoka is a Pascuense term for "fresh lava". This ridge is surrounded by young lava flows, imaged by side scan sonar. |
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Additional information (en): 100% multibeam coverage (Seabeam 2000) and GPS navigation. Shown as Apitoka Seamount Chain in the ACUF Gazetteer. |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -18.666667; Longitude: -117.333333 |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 186256 |
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Edit history |
Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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