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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6016
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishEponge GuyotIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Guyot 
Latitude 24° 55' 0" S (-24.916667°)  
Longitude 168° 21' 0" E (168.35°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -24.91666667; Long: 168.35    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCGN-9. Proposer: Bertrand Richer de Forges, French Institute of Research for the Development (IRD, formerly ORSTOM), New Caledonia. Year of proposal: 1990.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: This name characterizes the dominant benthic population; dredgers and trawlers have brought back very large quantities of these sponges ("Eponge" in French).    
Relation 
Part of  South Pacific 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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