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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/8099
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishGrandidier SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 15° 15' 0" S (-15.25°)  
Longitude 42° 38' 0" E (42.633333°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -15.25; Long: 42.63333333    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-16. Proposer: Jean-René Vanney, University of Paris IV, France. Year of proposal: 1986.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named after Alfred Grandidier (1836-1921) and his son Guillaume (1873-1957), natural scientists, ethnographers and travelers, who both lived in Madagascar and explored, between other Malagasy regions, the Southern coast. Their numerous publicatio    
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Part of  Mozambique Channel (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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