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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64014
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishMakanee KnollIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Knoll(s) 
Latitude 15° 9' 3.8" S (-15.15106°)  
Longitude 134° 13' 34" W (-134.22612°)  
Min. Lat 15° 9' 18" S (-15.155°)  
Min. Long 134° 13' 47.4" W (-134.2298°)  
Max. Lat 15° 8' 49.7" S (-15.1472°)  
Max. Long 134° 13' 21.3" W (-134.2226°)  
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 a nearly round shape. Minimum depth (m): 4050. Maximum depth (m): 4295. Total relief (m): 245. Dimension/size: 0.8 km x 0.8 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: "Makanee" 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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