| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63191 |
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Proposed standard  |
| Names |
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Name source |
| English | Wenchang Hill | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
| English | Wengchang Seamount | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
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Hill(s) |
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| Latitude |
14° 46' 0.6" N (14.76684°) |
| Longitude |
131° 14' 6.4" E (131.23512°) |
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| Min. Lat |
14° 43' 55.5" N (14.7321°) |
| Min. Long |
131° 10' 40.7" E (131.178°) |
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| Max. Lat |
14° 48' 6.6" N (14.8018°) |
| Max. Long |
131° 17' 31" E (131.292°) |
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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 a nearly elliptical shape. Features in this region have been named after the ""Six Lucky Stars"": Tiankui |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Tianyue |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Zuofu, Youbi, Wenchang and Wenqu. Minimum depth (m): 4870. Maximum depth (m): 5650. Total relief (m): 780. Dimension/size: 12 km × 8 km.","Associated meeting: SCUFN-32. Proposer: The Second Institute of Oceanography (SOA), China. History: 2019.","Discoverer: Chinese research vessel ""Xiang Yang Hong 10"". Year of discovery: 2014. History: Named from the ""Wenchang"" star, one of the six auspicious stars in ancient Chinese astrology, called the ""Six Lucky Stars"". The ""Wenchang"" star symbolizes the development of people's job career." |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14962057 |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 14.7583; Longitude: 131.2333 |
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Last edited on 2020-07-06 17:20:04 by Lonneville Britt
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