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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63123
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishBidayuh HillIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishBidayuh HillsUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Hill(s) 
Latitude 5° 33' 7.4" N (5.55206°)  
Longitude 112° 49' 34.4" E (112.82622°)  
Min. Lat 5° 29' 23.3" N (5.4898°)  
Min. Long 112° 45' 53.2" E (112.7648°)  
Max. Lat 5° 36' 6" N (5.6017°)  
Max. Long 112° 53' 35.2" E (112.8931°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Additional information (en): This feature has an oval shape. Minimum depth (m): 839. Maximum depth (m): 1740. Total relief (m): 901. Dimension/size: 114 km².    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): "Associated meeting: SCUFN-32. Proposer: National Hydrographic Centre (NHC)    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Malaysia. History: 2019.","Discoverer: Malaysian survey vessel ""Dayang Sari"". Year of discovery: 2018. History: ""Bidayuh"" is a collective name for several indigenous groups found in Southern Sarawak, Malaysia. The name Bidayuh means 'inhabitants of land'. In Sarawak, most of Bidayuh population are found within 40km of the geographical area known as Greater Kuching, within the Kuching and Samarahan division. They are the second largest Dayak ethnic group in Sarawak after the Iban and one of the major Dayak tribes in West Kalimantan."    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14961872    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 5.550889; Longitude: 112.8096    
Relation 
Part of  South China Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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