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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/25056
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishSomov HillIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Hill(s) 
Latitude 57° 20' 48" S (-57.346667°)  
Longitude 58° 31' 0" W (-58.516667°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -57.35; Long: -58.52    
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 Mikhail Mikhaylovich Somov (1908-1973), Russian oceanologist, polar researcher, Doctor of Geography and hero of the Soviet Union.    
Additional information (en): The seamount is part of the West Scotia Ridge located in the SW part of the ocean in Drake Passage. Minimum depth (m): 1740. Maximum depth (m): 2440. Total relief (m): 700.    
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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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