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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/48819
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishHangetsu RidgeIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Ridge 
Latitude 22° 42' 14.7" N (22.704071°)  
Longitude 137° 8' 30.3" E (137.141743°)  
Min. Lat 22° 28' 5.1" N (22.4681°)  
Min. Long 137° 3' 31.4" E (137.0587°)  
Max. Lat 22° 57' 6.8" N (22.9519°)  
Max. Long 137° 14' 44.6" E (137.2457°)  
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-28. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). Year of proposal: 2015.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessel "Takuyo". Year of discovery: 2003. History: Hangetsu is a traditional Japanese name for "Half moon". This part of the Kyushu-Palau Ridge has several undersea features that have names relevant to moon in Japanese.    
Relation 
Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2016-04-23 14:57:37 by Oset Garcia Paula
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