Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6913
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishSouth Solomon TrenchIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Trench 
Latitude 11° 20' 0" S (-11.333333°)  
Longitude 162° 45' 0" E (162.75°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -11.33333333; Long: 162.75    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Proposer: Robert L. Fisher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA. Year of proposal: 1962.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Spencer F. Baird". Year of discovery: 1962. History: Named from the nearby Solomon islands and country.    
Additional information (en): This deep area, like the North (and South) New Hebrides Trench was mapped on Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)'s 1962 PROA Expedition (U.S. research vessel "Spencer F. Baird"). However, earlier stray soundings had indicated deep water in all three    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -11; Longitude: 164.5    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -155591    
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Part of  Coral Sea (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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