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MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64318
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishHongyu RidgeIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Ridge 
Latitude 12° 28' 15.6" N (12.471°)  
Longitude 112° 50' 35.1" E (112.84308°)  
Min. Lat 12° 26' 5.9" N (12.435°)  
Min. Long 112° 47' 0.3" E (112.7834°)  
Max. Lat 12° 30' 46.3" N (12.5129°)  
Max. Long 112° 53' 0.7" E (112.8835°)  
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. Five undersea features in the middle of South China Sea have been named after gems, minerals and ornaments. Minimum depth (m): 4060. Maximum depth (m): 4288. Total relief (m): 228. Dimension/size: 12 km × 3 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34.3. Proposer: The Second Institute of Oceanography (SOA), China. History: 2021.     
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Chinese research vessel "Haiyang Sihao". Year of discovery: 2004. History: Named from the “Hongyu”, a kind of red jade in Chinese.    
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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