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MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/26674
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishParece Vela RiftIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Rift 
Latitude 18° 20' 14.8" N (18.337452°)  
Longitude 139° 29' 15" E (139.487488°)  
Min. Lat 16° 0' 0" N (16°)  
Min. Long 139° 16' 1.2" E (139.267°)  
Max. Lat 20° 49' 58.8" N (20.833°)  
Max. Long 139° 43' 1.2" E (139.717°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Coordinates calculated from feature (2014)    
(en): Origin of Name Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN), c/o JHOD, 5-3-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan (ohara@jodc.go.jp) Date of Proposal: August 2011 Discoverer: Japanese S/V Takuyo and Shoyo Date of Discovery: Various surveys from October 1993 to December 2005 Accredited by: SCUFN (Sep. 2011) The nearby island of Oki-no-Tori Shima was called “Parece Vela” by the Spanish navigators who discovered this island in the 1500’s.    
(en): Position: Philippine Sea, Northwestern Pacific Ocean Minimum Depth: 3500 m Maximum Depth: 7200 m Total Relief: 3700 m Dimension/Size: 780 km long, showing a zig-zag alignment    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-24. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). Year of proposal: 2011.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessels "Takuyo" and "Shoyo". Year of discovery: 1993. History: Named from the nearby atoll of Parece Vela, the original name of Oki-no-Tori Shima Island, Japan. "Parece Vela" is the Spanish term for "looks like a sail" (alludi    
Additional information (en): This is the extinct spreading axis of the Parece Vela Basin. The name "Parece Vela Rift" first appeared in Mrozowski et al. (1979), then the feature was described in detail by Okino et al. (1998) and Ohara et al. (2001, 2003, 2011). Various surveys were c    
Relations 
Part of  Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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