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MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64296
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishChunfeng TroughIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Trough 
Latitude 13° 51' 9.3" N (13.85259°)  
Longitude 112° 16' 25.4" E (112.27371°)  
Min. Lat 13° 30' 2.6" N (13.5007°)  
Min. Long 111° 50' 5.6" E (111.8349°)  
Max. Lat 14° 18' 28.2" N (14.3078°)  
Max. Long 112° 42' 5.6" E (112.7016°)  
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 elongated shape. It is located in Penxi Seamount Province. Minimum depth (m): 2086. Maximum depth (m): 2750. Total relief (m): 664. Dimension/size: 123 km × 15 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34.3. Proposer: China Geological Survey. History: 2021.     
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Chinese research vessel "Haiyangdizhi Sihao". Year of discovery: 1999. History: "Chunfeng" means "Spring wind" in Chinese. This word is taken from a famous poem “The Moon At The Fortified Pass”, written by the Chinese poet Li Bai during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD).    
Relation 
Part of  South China Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2023-07-26 16:22:28 by Lonneville Britt
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