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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64379
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishRungus HillIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Hill(s) 
Latitude 7° 29' 34.9" N (7.49304°)  
Longitude 114° 33' 28.8" E (114.55799°)  
Min. Lat 7° 28' 9.4" N (7.4693°)  
Min. Long 114° 31' 18.8" E (114.5219°)  
Max. Lat 7° 31' 1.9" N (7.5172°)  
Max. Long 114° 36' 6.9" E (114.6019°)  
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 pear shape and a 24° steepness. Minimum depth (m): 914. Maximum depth (m): 1819. Total relief (m): 905. Dimension/size: 30 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 Rungus, an ethnic group of Borneo, residing primarily in northern Sabah. They have a distinctive language, dress, architecture, customs, and oral literature. They are renowned in Sabah as highly skilled artisans who traditionally make colourful beaded necklaces made from local plant seeds and clay. Rungus people have maintained their cultural and traditional beliefs.    
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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