| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/24983 |
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Proposed standard  |
| Names |
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Name source |
| English | Minami-Amami Escarpment | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
| English | Minami Amami Escarpment | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
| English | Minami Anami Escarpment | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
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Escarpment |
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| Latitude |
27° 15' 0" N (27.25°) |
| Longitude |
133° 24' 0" E (133.4°) |
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| Min. Lat |
27° 0' 0" N (27°) |
| Min. Long |
133° 24' 0" E (133.4°) |
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| Max. Lat |
27° 30' 0" N (27.5°) |
| Max. Long |
133° 24' 0" E (133.4°) |
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| Source |
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: 27.25; Long: 133.4; minLat: 27; minLong: 133.4; maxLat: 27.5; maxLong: 133.4 |
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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 vessel "Takuyo". Year of discovery: 2001. History: Named after the nearby Amami Oshima Island ("Minami" means "south" in Japanese). |
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Additional information (en): This feature is a linear west-dipping escarpment, defining the western boarder of the Amami Sankaku Basin. Located to the south of Amami Rise. Minimum depth (m): 4600. Maximum depth (m): 5200. Total relief (m): 600. |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 27.366667; Longitude: 133.366667 |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 382351 |
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Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 27.25; Long: 133.4 (update 2023-07-24) |
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Last edited on 2023-07-24 16:14:57 by Lonneville Britt
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