MarBEF Data System



European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/24859
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishCBF RiftIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Rift 
Latitude 17° 1' 49.1" N (17.03030858°)  
Longitude 130° 2' 13.9" E (130.0371852°)  
Min. Lat 15° 0' 0" N (15°)  
Min. Long 126° 30' 0" E (126.5°)  
Max. Lat 19° 0' 0" N (19°)  
Max. Long 133° 30' 0" E (133.5°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-23. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). Year of proposal: 2007.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese research vessels "Yokosuka" and "Kairei". Year of discovery: 1998. History: The term "Central Basin Fault," and its abbreviated version "CBF", are widely accepted names for this feature in the science community.    
Additional information (en): This prominent linear bathymetric feature is approximately 1000 km long, and was first described by Hess (1948) as a NW-SE-trending transcurrent fault. Hess named this feature "Central Basin Fault". Data from a Japanese survey of the continental shelf con    
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Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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