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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7086
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishMoua Pihaa SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 18° 19' 57.7" S (-18.33270151°)  
Longitude 148° 31' 33.1" W (-148.5258514°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Corrected latitude/longitude (GEBCO October 2002 error: 18°30'0"S/148°32'0"W) Updated with GEBCO May 2014.    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -18.3327; Long: -148.5259    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-10. Proposer: J. Tallandier, French Polynesia. Year of proposal: 1987.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: French research vessels "Lotus" and "Paimpolaise". Year of discovery: 1960. History: Moua Pihaa signifies the "Mountains that smoke" in Tahitian.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -18.333333; Longitude: -148.533333    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -154552    
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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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