| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64572 |
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| English | Southwest Challenger Hills | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Hill(s) |
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| Latitude |
39° 46' 40.1" S (-39.77781°) |
| Longitude |
167° 15' 30.9" E (167.25857°) |
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39° 49' 25.6" S (-39.8238°) |
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167° 13' 56.5" E (167.2324°) |
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| Max. Lat |
39° 43' 56.7" S (-39.7324°) |
| Max. Long |
167° 17' 13.5" E (167.2871°) |
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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 elongated and oval shape. Minimum depth (m): 837. Maximum depth (m): 980. Total relief (m): 143. Dimension/size: 10.7 km x 2.6 km. |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-36. Proposer: New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB). History: 2023. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: New Zealand research vessel "Arrow". Year of discovery: 1984. History: Named in geomorphological association with Southwest Challenger Bank, the hills being on top of the bank. Also, both features are near the southwest edge of Challenger Plateau, which was named after the HMS "Challenger" that was used to take soundings and samples of the seabed on the plateau in 1874. |
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Last edited on 2024-04-25 14:20:27 by Lonneville Britt
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