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MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/24906
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishHinz SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 56° 0' 54" S (-56.015°)  
Longitude 42° 40' 0" W (-42.666667°)  
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-19. Proposer: Heinrich Hinze, Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Germany. Year of proposal: 2006.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: German research vessel "Polarstern". Year of discovery: 2005. History: Named after Karl F. Hinz (1934-), a German marine geologist who served as head of the Geological and Geophysical Research Division of the Federal Institute for Geosciences     
Additional information (en): This feature is circular in shape, with a local deep of about 100 meters at the top. Minimum depth (m): 2420. Maximum depth (m): 3520. Total relief (m): 1100. Dimension: About 13 km in diameter.    
Relation 
Part of  South Atlantic 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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