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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64578
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishTambis HillIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Hill(s) 
Latitude 15° 40' 1.7" N (15.66713°)  
Longitude 124° 27' 49.1" E (124.46363°)  
Min. Lat 15° 35' 43.6" N (15.5954°)  
Min. Long 124° 23' 40.8" E (124.3947°)  
Max. Lat 15° 43' 32.3" N (15.7256°)  
Max. Long 124° 30' 56.7" E (124.5158°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Additional information (en): This feature is heart-shaped. Minimum depth (m): 2712. Maximum depth (m): 3395. Total relief (m): 683. Dimension/size: 13 km x 14 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-36. Proposer: National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA), Philippines. History: 2022.     
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Philippines survey vessel "Hydrographer Presbitero". Year of discovery: 2004. History: Named from the Tambis (syzygium aquem), a fruit-bearing tree native to the Philippines and Southeast Asia. Its wood is hard and can be used in making tools. Its fruits, when ripe, turn red and are bell-shaped or heart-shaped. They can be eaten raw or used in making juices and jam.    
Relation 
Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2024-04-25 14:20:27 by Lonneville Britt
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