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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64365
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishPalauig HillIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Hill(s) 
Latitude 14° 46' 47.2" N (14.77979°)  
Longitude 118° 0' 10" E (118.00278°)  
Min. Lat 14° 42' 56" N (14.7156°)  
Min. Long 117° 58' 8.8" E (117.9691°)  
Max. Lat 14° 50' 4.9" N (14.8347°)  
Max. Long 118° 2' 0.5" E (118.0335°)  
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 a nearly oval shape. Minimum depth (m): 3302. Maximum depth (m): 4232. Total relief (m): 930. Dimension/size: 13 km x 7 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34.3. Proposer: National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA), Philippines. History: 2021.     
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Philippines survey vessel "Hydrographer Ventura". Year of discovery: 2001. History: Named from the nearby city of Palauig, in the Philippines province of Zambales. The name was derived from the local term “manlawig”, meaning “to pasture the carabao in the grass field”.Palauig is also known for Mount Tapulao, the tallest mountain in this province.    
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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