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MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/49759
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishKibblewhite SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 34° 34' 34.3" S (-34.5762°)  
Longitude 179° 15' 43.2" E (179.262°)  
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-29. Proposer: Mark Dyer, New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB); and Adam Greenland, New Zealand Hydrographic Office (LINZ). Year of proposal: 2016.     
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: New Zealand research vessel "Tui". History: Named after the New Zealand ocean researcher Dr Alick Charles Kibblewhite (died 9-9-2015). Dr Kibblewhite was the first person to detect submarine volcanoes northeast of New Zealand using the RNZN hydrophone array and then subsequently surveyed several of the volcanoes in the southern Kermadec arc.    
Additional information (en): This feature lies on the Kermadec volcanic arc 38 km NE of Brothers Seamount and 20 km west of Kermadec Ridge. It forms a volcanic cone with a small satellite peak on its southern flank. Minimum depth (m): 990. Maximum depth (m): 2200. Total relief (m): 1210. Dimension: 10 km x 13 km.    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15237132    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -34.596361; Longitude: 179.267583    
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Part of  South Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2017-09-05 13:53:58 by Oset Garcia Paula
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