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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64032
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishKithrup HillIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Hill(s) 
Latitude 14° 10' 5.5" S (-14.16819°)  
Longitude 131° 27' 3.6" W (-131.451°)  
Min. Lat 14° 10' 39.1" S (-14.1775°)  
Min. Long 131° 27' 51.7" W (-131.4644°)  
Max. Lat 14° 9' 26.5" S (-14.1574°)  
Max. Long 131° 26' 18.3" W (-131.4384°)  
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 bell shape. Minimum depth (m): 3670. Maximum depth (m): 4060. Total relief (m): 390. Dimension/size: 2.6 km x 2.4 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: "Kithrup" is a fictional waterworld planet from the novel “Startide Rising” by David Brin, which won the Hugo Award for best science-fiction novel in 1984.    
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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