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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7583
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishHolopus SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 21° 8' 6" S (-21.135°)  
Longitude 167° 54' 6" E (167.901667°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -21.135; Long: 167.9016667    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-10. Proposer: Bertrand Richer de Forges, French Institute of Research for the Development (IRD, formerly ORSTOM), New Caledonia. Year of proposal: 1989.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: French research vessel "Alis". Year of discovery: 1989. History: Named from the living fossil fish "Holopus", first dredged from the top of this feature.    
Relation 
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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