US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)

ACUF Information

The BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) was established in its present form in 1963 to recommend standardization policy for names of undersea features and to recommend official standard names based on proposals submitted by authorities in the field or usage on hydrographic and bathymetric charts.

Membership

The members come from various federal agencies and are experts in the fields of bathymetry and/or geomorphology. The members are nominated by BGN to the Secretary of the Interior. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) provides the secretariat for the committee.

Members

Mr. Gerard J. Walter, Chair
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Mr. Norman Z. Cherkis
Naval Research Laboratory (retired)

Dr. Alexander Shor
University Of Hawaii

CAPT Albert E. Theberge Jr., NOAA Corps. (ret.)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Ms. Meredith Westington
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Ms. Susan Russell-Robinson
United States Geological Survey

Ms. Christine M. Taylor
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement

Secretary

Mr. Jimmy Nerantzis
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
E-mail: underseafeatures@nga.mil