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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/24967
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishMakorta SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
RussianGora MakortyUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
RussianГора МакортыUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 84° 46' 0" N (84.766667°)  
Longitude 94° 50' 0" E (94.833333°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 84.77; Long: 94.83    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-17. Proposer: Department of Navigation and Oceanography (DNO), Russia. Year of proposal: 2004.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named after Aleksandr Pavlovich Makorta (1948-2002), a Russian hydrographer. He served in the Northern Fleet hydrographic subdivisions for more than 26 years. He was an active explorer of the central part of the Arctic Basin and made considerable    
Additional information (en): This feature is located on the north part of Gakkel Ridge, on its south slope adjoining Nansen Basin. The seamount is irregular in shape and trends SE-NW. The seamount has two other summits, with minimum depths of 2106 m (84°50'N, 95°50'E) and 2322 m (84°    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 9196267    
Relation 
Part of  Arctic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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