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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6958
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishHeemskerck SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishHeemskirk SeamountUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 36° 16' 39" S (-36.27750931°)  
Longitude 159° 30' 29.1" E (159.5080852°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -36.25; Long: 159.4166667    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-11.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named from the "Heemskerck", one of the vessels of Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603-1659), the famous Dutch explorer who discovered Tasmania and New Zealand in 1642.    
Additional information (en): Taken from NZOI bathymetric map "Bellona"Total relief (m): 3000.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -36.25; Longitude: 159.416667    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 418670    
Relation 
Part of  Tasman Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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