| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64525 |
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Proposed standard  |
| Names |
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Name source |
| English | Kita-Sofu Escarpment | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
| English | Kitasōfu Escarpment | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
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| PlaceType |
Escarpment |
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| Latitude |
28° 7' 6.8" N (28.11856°) |
| Longitude |
140° 9' 39.7" E (140.16103°) |
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| Min. Lat |
27° 47' 2.4" N (27.784°) |
| Min. Long |
140° 1' 53" E (140.0314°) |
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| Max. Lat |
28° 24' 56.6" N (28.4157°) |
| Max. Long |
140° 17' 11.6" E (140.2866°) |
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| Source |
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. Minimum depth (m): 1586. Maximum depth (m): 4161. Total relief (m): 2575. Dimension/size: 3 km x 70 km. |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-36. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). History: 2023. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessel "Takuyo". Year of discovery: 1988. History: Named from its geographical location as the feature is part of a tectonic element known as “Sofu-gan Tectonic Line”.(“Kita” means “north” in Japanese). |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15894254 |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 28.3687; Longitude: 140.256 |
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Last edited on 2024-04-25 14:20:27 by Lonneville Britt
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