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MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/65661
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishMordaisekeir ValleyIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Valley 
Latitude 1° 44' 28" S (-1.74111°)  
Longitude 139° 53' 41" E (139.89472°)  
Min. Lat 1° 48' 32.7" S (-1.8091°)  
Min. Long 139° 52' 43" E (139.8786°)  
Max. Lat 1° 41' 19.5" S (-1.6888°)  
Max. Long 139° 55' 2.2" E (139.9173°)  
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. Minimum depth (m): 2812. Maximum depth (m): 3290. Total relief (m): 478. Dimension/size: 13 km x 3 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: Mordaisekeir is an Ormu term (Papuan language), formed of two words: "mordai" meaning "northeast" and "sekeir" meaning "seamount/hill". The feature is located in the northeast of the closest land area.    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 16081156    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -1.733333; Longitude: 139.9    
Relation 
Part of  South Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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