MarBEF Data System



European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7542
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishHurihuri RidgeIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishHurihuri Seamount ChainUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Ridge 
Latitude 18° 9' 30" S (-18.15833°)  
Longitude 115° 1' 30" W (-115.025°)  
Min. Lat 18° 26' 0" S (-18.4333°)  
Min. Long 116° 17' 0" W (-116.2833°)  
Max. Lat 17° 53' 0" S (-17.8833°)  
Max. Long 113° 46' 0" W (-113.7667°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-12. Proposer: Daniel Scheirer, Brown University, USA. Year of proposal: 1995.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Melville". Year of discovery: 1992. History: Hurihuri is a Pascuense term for "continuous rolling", related to a consequence of the incessant trade winds at this latitude.    
Additional information (en): 100% multibeam coverage (Seabeam 2000) and GPS navigation. Shown as Hurihuri Seamount Chain in the ACUF Gazetteer.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -18.266667; Longitude: -115.016667    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 186267    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -18.15833 ; Long: -115.025 ; minLat: -18.43333 ; minLong: -116.28333 ; maxLat: -17.88333 ; maxLong: -113.76666 (update 2020-04-22)    
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Part of  South Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2020-05-08 00:45:32 by Lonneville Britt
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