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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/65603
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishAruwi HillIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Hill(s) 
Latitude 3° 40' 42.5" N (3.67846°)  
Longitude 141° 21' 32.9" E (141.35915°)  
Min. Lat 3° 38' 35.9" N (3.6433°)  
Min. Long 141° 18' 43.7" E (141.3121°)  
Max. Lat 3° 42' 44.1" N (3.7122°)  
Max. Long 141° 24' 32.9" E (141.4091°)  
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 oval shape. Minimum depth (m): 1517. Maximum depth (m): 2342. Total relief (m): 825. Dimension/size: 10.7 km x 7.6 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting(s): SCUFN-37. Proposer: Badan Informasi Geospasial (BIG), Indonesia. History: 2024.     
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Indonesian research vessel "Baruna Jaya I". Year of discovery: 2019. History: "Aruwi" is an Ormu term (Papuan Language) and means "grave". The feature is considered a grave for the fishes that are living nearby.    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 16081153    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 3.67129; Longitude: 141.35702    
Relation 
Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2025-09-29 15:33:29 by Lonneville Britt
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