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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64354
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishMenghaoran RidgeIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Ridge 
Latitude 14° 30' 41.4" N (14.51149°)  
Longitude 116° 19' 13.2" E (116.32032°)  
Min. Lat 14° 14' 1.2" N (14.2337°)  
Min. Long 116° 9' 35.2" E (116.1598°)  
Max. Lat 14° 44' 35.6" N (14.7432°)  
Max. Long 116° 32' 27.3" E (116.5409°)  
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. Four undersea features in SW of South China Sea have been named after ancient Chinese poets. Minimum depth (m): 3630. Maximum depth (m): 4388. Total relief (m): 758. Dimension/size: 51 km × 10 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: Named after Meng Haoran, a prominent Chinese poet 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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