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MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64510
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishHongqi SpurIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Spur 
Latitude 17° 24' 21.6" N (17.40601°)  
Longitude 115° 15' 49.5" E (115.26376°)  
Min. Lat 17° 12' 12.1" N (17.2034°)  
Min. Long 114° 51' 29.5" E (114.8582°)  
Max. Lat 17° 31' 14.7" N (17.5208°)  
Max. Long 115° 49' 2.6" E (115.8174°)  
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. There are several undersea features in this area which have been named after same series of poems. Minimum depth (m): 1780. Maximum depth (m): 3926. Total relief (m): 2146. Dimension/size: 102 km × 25 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 in reference to a series of Chinese poems "Seven Poems on Army Life", written by Wang Changling (698-756), a poet in Tang Dynasty (618-907). One of these poems, "Hongqi", means "red flag" in Chinese.    
Relation 
Part of  South China Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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