| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/24806 |
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Proposed standard  |
| Names |
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| English | Amami Sankaku Basin | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
| Japanese | Amamisankaku-kaibon | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
| Japanese | 奄美三角海盆 | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
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Basin |
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| Latitude |
27° 50' 0" N (27.83334°) |
| Longitude |
134° 0' 0" E (134°) |
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| Min. Lat |
26° 40' 0" N (26.6667°) |
| Min. Long |
134° 0' 0" E (134°) |
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| Max. Lat |
29° 0' 0" N (29°) |
| Max. Long |
134° 0' 0" E (134°) |
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IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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| Notes |
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 27.48; Long: 134; minLat: 26.66666667; minLong: 134; maxLat: 29; maxLong: 134 |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-20. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). Year of proposal: 2007. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessels "Takuyo" and "Meiyo". Year of discovery: 1987. History: Named after the nearby Amami Oshima Island, Japan ("Sankaku" means "triangle" in Japanese). |
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Additional information (en): This feature is a right-triangular shaped basin, with the right angle corner located at the southwest end. The basin is characterized by flat seafloor bordered by seamounts and ridges. Minimum depth (m): 3000. Maximum depth (m): 5000. Total relief (m): 20 |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 27.833432; Longitude: 133.999965 |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 10277868 |
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Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 27.83343; Long: 134 (update 2023-07-24) |
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Last edited on 2023-07-24 16:14:57 by Lonneville Britt
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