| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63983 |
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Proposed standard  |
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| English | Calafia Knoll | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Knoll(s) |
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| Latitude |
14° 32' 11.7" S (-14.53657°) |
| Longitude |
132° 24' 53.1" W (-132.41476°) |
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14° 32' 35.6" S (-14.5432°) |
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132° 25' 12.4" W (-132.4201°) |
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| Max. Lat |
14° 31' 48.1" S (-14.53°) |
| Max. Long |
132° 24' 34.1" W (-132.4095°) |
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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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| Notes |
Additional information (en): This feature has an oval shape. It is located in French Polynesia. Minimum depth (m): 3955. Maximum depth (m): 4165. Total relief (m): 210. Dimension/size: 1.5 km x 1.2 km. |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34.2. Proposer: Caladan Oceanic LLC, Texas, USA. History: 2020. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Research vessel DSSV Pressure Drop. Year of discovery: 2019. History: "Calafia" is a waterworld planet from the novel “Startide Rising” by David Brin, which won the Hugo Award for best science-fiction novel in 1984. |
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Last edited on 2022-07-29 15:10:08 by Lonneville Britt
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