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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7580
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishMeihano BankIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishMeihano GuyotUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Bank 
Latitude 10° 13' 30" S (-10.22500011°)  
Longitude 137° 55' 0" W (-137.91666628°)  
Min. Lat 10° 14' 0" S (-10.2333°)  
Min. Long 137° 55' 30" W (-137.925°)  
Max. Lat 10° 13' 0" S (-10.2167°)  
Max. Long 137° 54' 30" W (-137.9083°)  
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: Jean-Luc Sauvage, French Hydrographic Office (SHOM). Year of proposal: 1992.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: French research vessel "L'Estafette". Year of discovery: 1991. History: Legend tells that young Meihano, after a dispute with his sister, tried to leave his island. At sea, the pirogues capsized and, when Meihano and his people were about to r    
Additional information (en): Shown as Meihano Guyot in the ACUF Gazetteer.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -10.216667; Longitude: -137.9    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 263218    
Relations 
Part of  French Exclusive Economic Zone (French Polynesia) (EEZ)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  South Atlantic 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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