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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/49793
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishOki-Sakishima RidgeIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishOkisakishima RidgeUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Ridge 
Latitude 22° 16' 42.4" N (22.27844°)  
Longitude 125° 54' 7.1" E (125.90198°)  
Min. Lat 21° 29' 23.4" N (21.4898°)  
Min. Long 125° 28' 4.4" E (125.4679°)  
Max. Lat 22° 53' 0.2" N (22.8834°)  
Max. Long 126° 17' 56" E (126.2989°)  
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-29. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). Year of proposal: 2016.     
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessel "Takuyo". Year of discovery: 1997. History: Named from the nearby Sakishima Islands, which include Miyako Island, Ishigaki Island, Iriomote Island, and other minor islands. "Oki" means "offshore" in Japanese.    
Additional information (en): The single position is that of the least depth. Minimum depth (m): 3269. Maximum depth (m): 5500. Total relief (m): 2231. Dimension: 90 km x 150 km.    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 22.27844 ; Long: 125.90198 (update 2020-04-22)    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15454014    
Relation 
Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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