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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64010
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishHikahi HillIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Hill(s) 
Latitude 14° 56' 28.6" S (-14.94127°)  
Longitude 133° 37' 51.9" W (-133.63109°)  
Min. Lat 14° 57' 16.3" S (-14.9545°)  
Min. Long 133° 38' 30.9" W (-133.6419°)  
Max. Lat 14° 55' 30.5" S (-14.9251°)  
Max. Long 133° 37' 7.5" W (-133.6188°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Additional information (en): This feature has an irregular shape. Minimum depth (m): 3800. Maximum depth (m): 4350. Total relief (m): 550. Dimension/size: 3.4 km x 2.3 km.     
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34.2. Proposer: Caladan Oceanic LLC, Texas, USA. History: 2020.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Research vessel DSSV Pressure Drop. Year of discovery: 2019. History: "Hikahi" is a Polynesian-named dolphin character from the novel “Startide Rising” by David Brin, which won the Hugo Award for best science-fiction novel in 1984. The area of the feature is in French Polynesia.    
Relation 
Part of  South Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2022-07-29 15:10:08 by Lonneville Britt
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