Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7798
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishJohn Harrison RidgeIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Ridge 
Latitude 42° 21' 34" S (-42.35943074°)  
Longitude 42° 15' 27" E (42.25749574°)  
Min. Lat 43° 40' 0.1" S (-43.6667°)  
Min. Long 41° 45' 0" E (41.75°)  
Max. Lat 41° 0' 0" S (-41°)  
Max. Long 42° 25' 59.9" E (42.4333°)  
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. Lat: -42.66667°] ; [Max. Long: 42.216667°]    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -41; Long: 42.43333333; minLat: -43.66666667; minLong: 41.75; maxLat: -41; maxLong: 42.4333    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-13. Proposer: Robert L. Fisher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA; and Desmond P.D. Scott, UK. Year of proposal: 1999.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named after John Harrison (1693-1776), the lone English genius who developed the first marine chronometers, thereby solving the greatest scientific problem of his time, the measurement of longitude at sea, or on land, after a sea voyage.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -42; Longitude: 42.75    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 9001190    
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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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