| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64355 |
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| English | Meranti Canyon | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Canyon(s) |
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| Latitude |
7° 51' 32.8" N (7.85911°) |
| Longitude |
115° 2' 1.5" E (115.03374°) |
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7° 45' 4.3" N (7.7512°) |
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114° 52' 22.1" E (114.8728°) |
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8° 2' 37.3" N (8.0437°) |
| Max. Long |
115° 8' 33.7" E (115.1427°) |
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IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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| Notes |
Additional information (en): This feature has an elongated shape and a steepness of 10°. Minimum depth (m): 1815. Maximum depth (m): 2904. Total relief (m): 1089. Dimension/size: 105 km² and 35 km in length.. |
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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. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Research vessel "Teknik Perdana". Year of discovery: 2007. History: Named from the meranti, a hardwood with soft characteristics. It has a straight grain with few colour variations, blending from reddish to golden brown with grey and yellow highlights. In Malaysia, the meranti is used in a wide variety of applications such as joinery, newel posts, handrails, furniture and panelling. |
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Last edited on 2023-07-26 16:22:28 by Lonneville Britt
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