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THE International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics re-established, at its Oslo meeting in August 1948, an International Committee on the Nomenclature of Oceaan Bottom Features under the chairmanship of Dr. J. D. H. Wiseman, British Museum (Natural History). The other members of this Committee are : Vice-Admiral J. D. Nares (secretary), International Hydrographic Bureau, Monaco ; Dr. K. O. Emery, United States ; Prof. H. H. Hess, United States ; Prof. Hans Pettersson, Sweden ; and Prof. Ph. Kuenen, Holland. The terms of reference of the Committee are : "To endeavour to establish in co-operation with the chart-making authorities, mechanisms for the International agreement on the nomenclature of submarine topographical features, as well as considering methods of presentation of marine topographical data on bathymetrical charts".
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International Committee on Nomenclature of Ocean Bottom Features. Nature 163, 316 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163316a0
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