(2) Specific names for other features can commemorate ships, individuals, expeditions, and or- 

 ganizations and institutions involved in the study of the seas; persons of historical significance 

 may also be honored. However, commemoration is a secondary consideration in naming; the 

 primary concern is to provide effective, conveniently usable, and appropriate reference. 



(A) The name of the ship that discovered the feature may be used. If that hame has been 

 previously used for a similar feature, then the name of the ship that verified the feature 

 may be used. 



(B) Names of individuals may include: 



(a) Persons associated with the discovery and recognition of a feature including the cap- 

 tain of the ship, expedition leaders or survey party chiefs, and those in charge at 

 the time of discovery and recognition. 



(b) Persons specifically involved in the interpretation of data leading to the recognition 

 of the unique character of a feature. 



(c) Persons who have made important contributions to knowledge of the oceans. 



(3) It is permissible to name groups of features after specific categories of historic individuals, 

 mythical figures, constellations, fish, birds, animals, etc. Examples are: 



(A) Mathematicians Seamounts: Archimedes Seamount, Euclid Seamount, Gauss Seamount; 



(B) Musicians Seamounts: Bach Seamount, Brahms Seamount, Schubert Seamount. 



(4) Descriptive names will be acceptable if not duplicated, particularly when they refer to dis- 

 tinguishing characteristics, e.g., Hook Ridge, Horseshoe Seamounts. 



(5) Inappropriate names include those that are: 



(A) applied to similar features elsewhere; 



(B) full names or unwieldy titles of individuals, institutions, or organizations; 



(C) commercial products or their manufacturers; 



(D) friends or relations of the proposer; 



(E) of the individual proposer; 



(F) derogatory or in poor taste; 



(G) of persons occupying high offices who have not contributed directly and significantly to 

 the knowledge of the oceans or undersea topography. 



B. Generic terms should be selected from the list of "TERMS AND DEFINITIONS" in accordance 

 with the following guiding principles: 



(1) Generic terms and their definitions deal only with the shape of a feature. 



(2) The terms purposely do not connote process of formation or genesis. 



(3) The definitions are intentionally general and nontechnical. 



(4) A geographic name serves to identify a feature, not to describe it completely. For the sake 

 of brevity, modifying adjectives in terms such as abyssal plain, archipelagic apron, continental 

 (or insular) borderland/shelfslope, and deep-sea fan, are customarily dropped when the terms 

 are used as generics in geographic names. 



C. Names that have been in use for many years may be accepted even though they do not coincide 

 with the above policies. 



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