MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/26674 |
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Name source |
English | Parece Vela Rift | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Rift |
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Latitude |
18° 20' 14.8" N (18.337452°) |
Longitude |
139° 29' 15" E (139.487488°) |
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Min. Lat |
16° 0' 0" N (16°) |
Min. Long |
139° 16' 1.2" E (139.267°) |
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Max. Lat |
20° 49' 58.8" N (20.833°) |
Max. Long |
139° 43' 1.2" E (139.717°) |
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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 |
(en): Coordinates calculated from feature (2014) |
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(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. |
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(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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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