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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7547
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishRano Rahi SeamountsIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 17° 1' 20.3" S (-17.0223113°)  
Longitude 114° 58' 5.3" W (-114.96813752°)  
Min. Lat 19° 0' 0" S (-19°)  
Min. Long 118° 0' 0" W (-118°)  
Max. Lat 15° 0' 0" S (-15°)  
Max. Long 112° 0' 0" W (-112°)  
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: Rano Rahi is the Pascuense term for "many peaks" or "many volcanoes".    
Additional information (en): Collective name for the undersea volcanoes found within this area. 100% multibeam coverage (Seabeam 2000) and GPS navigation.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -17.5; Longitude: -115    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 186274    
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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