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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/65618
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishDalikamata HillIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Hill(s) 
Latitude 12° 5' 44.4" N (12.09566°)  
Longitude 127° 12' 21.5" E (127.20597°)  
Min. Lat 12° 4' 7.9" N (12.0689°)  
Min. Long 127° 11' 9.1" E (127.1859°)  
Max. Lat 12° 7' 4" N (12.1178°)  
Max. Long 127° 13' 39.1" E (127.2275°)  
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 irregular shape. Minimum depth (m): 5395. Maximum depth (m): 5637. Total relief (m): 242. Dimension/size: 4.3 km x 5.4 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting(s): SCUFN-37. Proposer: National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA), Philippines. History: 2024.     
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Philippines survey vessel "Hydrographer Presbitero". Year of discovery: 2005. History: Named after “Dalikamata”, a Visayan goddess of the eyes and against eye ailments. Although generally kind, Dalikamata was known to punish malicious individuals, particularly by causing eye problems like blindness, which was linked to her association with butterflies and moths in an ancient Visayan community.    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 16081205    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 12.09712; Longitude: 127.19718    
Relation 
Part of  Philippine Sea (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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