SCUFN-32 Kuala Lumpur 2019

IHO-IOC GEBCO Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature Names

The 32nd GEBCO Sub-Committee on Undersea Future Names (SCUFN) Meeting,

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 5-9 August 2019

The undersea feature names shown on sheets and products of GEBCO and Regional International Bathymetric Charts (IBC) projects, and on international (INT) nautical charts are selected by the GEBCO Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature Names (SCUFN).

The role of SCUFN is to maintain and make available the names information in the form of a digital gazetteer. SCUFN meets once a year to select the names used for undersea features, review naming guidelines, and to consider and decide on names which have been submitted to the Sub-Committee. The Secretariat of SCUFN is at the International Hydrographic Bureau, Monaco, where the gazetteer database is maintained.

The 32nd SCUFN meeting is jointly hosted by National Hydrographic Centre and Petronas in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The meeting will be held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.

CONFERENCE LOCATION

Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. Located at the heart of Kuala Lumpur’s Central Business District, the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center (KLCC) is the city’s most technologically-advanced, purpose-built facility for international, regional and local conferences, tradeshows, exhibitions, entertainment and private functions. Spanning over 29,500 square meters with natural light and park views from its circulation spaces, the facility of five levels encompassing a total of 22,659 square meters of flexible function.

KLCC is one of the components within Petronas’ distinctive Kuala Lumpur city center development. Designed as a unique “city within a city”, the 400,000 square meters development offers a stimulating environment where one can work, live, shop, visit and simply enjoy the distractions of everyday living.

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Undersea Feature Names Gazetteer

The role of SCUFN

The setting up of SCUFN arose from the need for a uniform policy for the handling of geographical names and the standardisation of undersea feature names. This was done in order to achieve consistent naming on bathymetric maps and nautical charts.

The role of SCUFN is

To define the nomenclature used for undersea features, e.g. canyon, plateau, fracture zone, etc., as well as naming guidelines
To consider and decide on names that have been submitted to the Sub-Committee

All names selected by SCUFN are contained in the IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, IHO publication B-8.

The secretariat of SCUFN is provided by the Secretariat of the International Hydrographic Organization, Monaco, where the gazetteer database is maintained.

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