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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6809
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishYves Rocard SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 17° 39' 0" S (-17.65°)  
Longitude 148° 35' 0" W (-148.583333°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -17.65; Long: -148.5833333    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCGN-8. Proposer: J. Tallandier, French Polynesia. Year of proposal: 1987.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: French research vessels "La Coquille" and "Jean Charcot". Year of discovery: 1972. History: Named after Professor Yves Rocard (1903-1992), French physicist, Director of the "Laboratoire de Physique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure". He created th    
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