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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7082
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishMoua Pihaa BankIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Bank 
Latitude 18° 18' 0" S (-18.3°)  
Longitude 148° 32' 0" W (-148.533333°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -18.3; Long: -148.5333333    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Moua Pihaa signifies the "Mountains that smoke" in Tahitian.    
Additional information (en): This feature was first discovered in 1960 by the Research Vessel "Lotus" and was studied in greater detail in 1972 by the Research Vessel "La Paimpolaise".    
Relation 
Part of  South Pacific Ocean (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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