| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64587 |
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Proposed standard  |
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| English | Waite Hills | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Hill(s) |
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| Latitude |
72° 25' 33.9" S (-72.42608°) |
| Longitude |
162° 43' 28.1" W (-162.72446°) |
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| Min. Lat |
72° 34' 23.7" S (-72.5733°) |
| Min. Long |
162° 59' 27.9" W (-162.9911°) |
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| Max. Lat |
72° 15' 49.5" S (-72.2637°) |
| Max. Long |
162° 28' 21.4" W (-162.4726°) |
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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 shape. Minimum depth (m): 3250. Maximum depth (m): 4100. Total relief (m): 850. Dimension/size: 36 km x 12.5 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: U.S. research vessel "Nathaniel B. Palmer". Year of discovery: 1996. History: Named after Edgar Waite (1866-1928) a leading ichthyologist and member of the 1911 Australasian Antarctic Expedition. He took soundings and did dredging between Tasmania and Antarctica. A major work of Waite was 'Fishes of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition' (1916), a domain where he was a world authority. |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15894201 |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -72.43526; Longitude: -162.75094 |
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Last edited on 2024-04-25 14:20:27 by Lonneville Britt
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