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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63132
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishMangkono SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 16° 58' 22.3" N (16.97287°)  
Longitude 127° 20' 46.4" E (127.34621°)  
Min. Lat 16° 54' 45.8" N (16.9127°)  
Min. Long 127° 16' 52.8" E (127.2813°)  
Max. Lat 17° 1' 46.3" N (17.0295°)  
Max. Long 127° 25' 35" E (127.4264°)  
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 a talon shape and a steepness of ~ 8°. Minimum depth (m): 4185. Maximum depth (m): 5393. Total relief (m): 1208. Dimension/size: 16 km x 10 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): "Associated meeting: SCUFN-32. Proposer: National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA)    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Philippines. History: 2019.","Discoverer: Philippines survey vessel ""Hydrographer Presbitero"". Year of discovery: 2008. History: Named from the ""Mangkono"", a tree endemic to the Philippines and known as the hardest of the Philippine hardwood species. It is found only within the so-called Mangkono triangle areas, consisting of Dinagat Island northeast of Mindanao, Homonhon Island in Samar Province, Babatngon in Leyte Province, and Palawan Province."    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14961999    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 16.941297; Longitude: 127.329108    
Relation 
Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2020-07-06 17:20:04 by Lonneville Britt
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