| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/58642 |
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| English | Tenkai Escarpment | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Escarpment |
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| Latitude |
19° 16' 49.6" N (19.28045°) |
| Longitude |
135° 58' 40.7" E (135.97797°) |
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| Min. Lat |
19° 6' 0.2" N (19.1001°) |
| Min. Long |
135° 50' 17.4" E (135.8382°) |
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| Max. Lat |
19° 27' 39" N (19.4608°) |
| Max. Long |
136° 7' 3.9" E (136.1178°) |
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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 has an elongated and curved shape. It is interpreted as resulting from a rifting of the proto Kyushu-Palau Ridge. 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): 3872. Maximum depth (m): 5877. Total relief (m): 2005. Dimension/size: 30 km × 40 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, between Tennosei Seamount and Kaiosei Seamount. "Tenkai" is a blend word of "Tennosei" and "Kaiosei". "Tennosei" and "Kaiosei" mean Uranus and Neptune in Japanese, respectively. |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14988924 |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 19.336747; Longitude: 135.919969 |
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Last edited on 2019-05-15 02:08:08 by Lonneville Britt
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