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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33541
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishByeongpung EscarpmentIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Escarpment 
Latitude 37° 20' 53.9" N (37.3483°)  
Longitude 124° 33' 54" E (124.565°)  
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-25. Proposer: Korea Committee on Geographical Names (KCGN). Year of proposal: 2012.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Korean research vessel "Badaro 1". Year of discovery: 2009. History: Byeongpung is the Korean word for a "folding screen". The shape of Byeongpung Escarpment is similar to that of a "byeongpung". A byeongpung is set up inside a home to deflect    
Additional information (en): Small feature. Minimum depth (m): 67. Maximum depth (m): 81. Total relief (m): 14. Dimension: 2.9 km; steepness: 10 to 25 degrees; steep slope.    
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Edit history Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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