Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6775
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishAlix SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 17° 30' 42.4" S (-17.5117872°)  
Longitude 61° 22' 28.3" E (61.37453206°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -17.5; Long: 61.33333333    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Proposer: Robert L. Fisher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA. Year of proposal: 1970.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Argo". Year of discovery: 1968. History: Na-ed after Alix de Chazal Baissac, wife/colleague of 40-year Mauritius Fishery Officer-naturalist Jean De Baissac for whom Baissac Bank is named. For 5O years, the pair welcomed a    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -17.516667; Longitude: 61.366667    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -152285    
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Part of  Indian 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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