| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/58641 |
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Name source |
| English | Tenkai Basin | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Basin |
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| Latitude |
19° 13' 56.6" N (19.232395°) |
| Longitude |
135° 56' 22.8" E (135.93968°) |
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| Min. Lat |
19° 7' 46.6" N (19.1296°) |
| Min. Long |
135° 52' 7.6" E (135.8688°) |
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| Max. Lat |
19° 20' 6.7" N (19.3352°) |
| Max. Long |
136° 0' 38.1" E (136.0106°) |
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IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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| Notes |
Additional information (en): This feature is interpreted as resulting from a rifting of the proto Kyushu-Palau Ridge. "Tenkai" is a blend word of "Tennosei" and "Kaiosei". "Tennosei" and "Kaiosei" mean Uranus and Neptune in Japanese, respectively. All undersea features around the Kyushu-Palau Ridge are named after stars and planets. The single position is that of the shallowest point of the feature. Minimum depth (m): 5389. Maximum depth (m): 5877. Total relief (m): 488. Dimension/size: 15 km × 20 km. |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-31. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). History: 2018. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessel "Takuyo". Year of discovery: 1994. History: Named from its geographical location, to the east of Tenkai Escarpment. |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14988925 |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 19.2431; Longitude: 135.927631 |
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Last edited on 2019-05-15 02:08:08 by Lonneville Britt
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