| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/5103 |
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Proposed standard  |
| Names |
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| English | Rokel Seamount | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
| English | Rokkel Seamount | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
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Seamount(s) |
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| Latitude |
2° 6' 0" N (2.1°) |
| Longitude |
17° 29' 30" W (-17.491667°) |
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IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 2.1; Long: -17.49166667 |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-14. Proposer: Olivier Parvillers, French Hydrographic Office (SHOM). Year of proposal: 2000. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: This seamount is located at the end of Sierra Leone Abyssal Plain. The Sierra Leone River comes from Rokel Creek, a major river in Sierra Leone. The name Rokel has been selected for this seamount accordingly, as if the seamount would be overlooki |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 9096040 |
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Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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