| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64489 |
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| English | Burns Seamount | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Seamount(s) |
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| Latitude |
5° 38' 40.3" S (-5.64453°) |
| Longitude |
16° 6' 41.3" W (-16.11147°) |
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5° 41' 26.8" S (-5.6908°) |
| Min. Long |
16° 10' 45.2" W (-16.1792°) |
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| Max. Lat |
5° 35' 35.3" S (-5.5931°) |
| Max. Long |
16° 3' 21.3" W (-16.0559°) |
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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 irregular shape. Minimum depth (m): 2648. Maximum depth (m): 3650. Total relief (m): 1002. Dimension/size: 13 km x 10 km. |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-36. Proposer: Governor of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. History: 2023. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: British Royal Research Ship "Discovery". Year of discovery: 2022. History: Named after Mr Sean Gilbert Peter Burns (1961-2023), who served as the Ascension Island Government Administrator between 2019 and 2022, as well as having served on both Tristan da Cunha and St Helena. He later resumed a previous posting as Administrator on Tristan da Cunha, during which he sadly and very unexpectedly passed away in March 2023. |
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Last edited on 2024-04-25 14:20:27 by Lonneville Britt
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