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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63976
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishBauang HillsIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Hill(s) 
Latitude 16° 49' 55.3" N (16.83203°)  
Longitude 119° 12' 49.6" E (119.21379°)  
Min. Lat 16° 47' 24.3" N (16.7901°)  
Min. Long 119° 10' 43.5" E (119.1788°)  
Max. Lat 16° 52' 49" N (16.8803°)  
Max. Long 119° 14' 55.1" E (119.2486°)  
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 irregular shape. Minimum depth (m): 3685. Maximum depth (m): 4324. Total relief (m): 639. Dimension/size: 10 km x 7.5 km.     
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34.3. Proposer: National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA), Philippines. History: 2021.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Philippines survey vessel "Hydrographer Presbitero". Year of discovery: 2002. History: Named from the Philippines city of Bauang. It is one of the municipalities that originally formed the province of La Union in 1850. Bauang was known for the San Pedro bell, a 400-year old bell which was taken by the American soldiers during the Philippine–American War in 1900. The bell was returned to its parish church in 2016.    
Relation 
Part of  South China Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2022-07-29 15:10:08 by Lonneville Britt
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