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MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/24880
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishGalmaegi ReefIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Reef 
Latitude 37° 47' 12" N (37.78667°)  
Longitude 124° 22' 48.4" E (124.38011°)  
Min. Lat 37° 46' 52" N (37.7811°)  
Min. Long 124° 22' 32.9" E (124.3758°)  
Max. Lat 37° 47' 42" N (37.795°)  
Max. Long 124° 23' 6" E (124.385°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Previous coordinates 2011: minLat: 37.78, minLong: 124.38, maxLat: 37.8, maxLong: 124.39    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-21. Proposer: Korea Committee on Marine Geographical Names (KCMGN). Year of proposal: 2008.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Korean research vessel "Hwanghaero". Year of discovery: 2006. History: Galmaegi is the Korean word for "seagull". The sea-surface area around Galmaegi Reef is often covered with these sea birds, which congregate there because of the great abun    
Additional information (en): This feature is an isolated cluster of elevations, of irregular shapes, on the continental shelf west of the Korean peninsula. The feature is located 25 km west of the island of Daecheong Do. Minimum depth (m): 30. Maximum depth (m): 76. Total relief (m):    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 37.78778 ; Long: 124.38167 (update 2020-04-22)    
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Edit history Last edited on 2020-05-08 00:45:32 by Lonneville Britt
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