| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7531 |
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Proposed standard  |
| Names |
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Name source |
| English | Matua Ridge | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
| English | Matua Seamount Chain | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
| English | Matua Seamounts | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
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Ridge |
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| Latitude |
15° 13' 0" S (-15.21667°) |
| Longitude |
116° 39' 0" W (-116.65°) |
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| Min. Lat |
15° 13' 0" S (-15.2167°) |
| Min. Long |
116° 51' 0" W (-116.85°) |
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| Max. Lat |
15° 13' 0" S (-15.2167°) |
| Max. Long |
116° 27' 0" W (-116.45°) |
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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 |
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-12. Proposer: Daniel Scheirer, Brown University, USA. Year of proposal: 1995. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Melville". Year of discovery: 1992. History: Matua is the second half of the Pascuense name Hotu Matua who was the legendary Polynesian leader who brought the first settlers to Easter Island. Hotu Ridge is adjacent to Mat |
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Additional information (en): 100% multibeam coverage (Seabeam 2000) and GPS navigation. Shown as Matua Seamounts in the ACUF Gazetteer. |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -15.216667; Longitude: -116.65 |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 186268 |
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Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -15.21676; Long: -116.65 (update 2023-07-24) |
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Last edited on 2023-07-24 16:14:57 by Lonneville Britt
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