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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64353
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishMawar ValleyIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Valley 
Latitude 8° 25' 34" N (8.4261°)  
Longitude 115° 33' 4.2" E (115.55117°)  
Min. Lat 8° 17' 52.9" N (8.298°)  
Min. Long 115° 29' 57.7" E (115.4994°)  
Max. Lat 8° 33' 49.7" N (8.5638°)  
Max. Long 115° 35' 46.3" E (115.5962°)  
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 and a steepness of 7°. The single position is that of the deepest point. Minimum depth (m): 2171. Maximum depth (m): 2852. Total relief (m): 681. Dimension/size: 168 km².    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34.1. Proposer: RAdm Dato' Hanafiah bin Hassan, National Hydrographic Centre (NHC), Malaysia. History: 2020.     
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Research vessel "Teknik Perdana". Year of discovery: 2007. History: Named from the mawar (rose), a flowering plant that is often planted as a decorative tree in Malaysia. The first flowering tree in angiosperm. Rosacea is one of the flowering plants, belonging to the Angiosperm group. Mawar is one of the kind of flower that has long been known by the Malay community. The roses have fragrant scents and has the most potent smell.    
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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