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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/65671
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishQueshe HillsIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Hill(s) 
Latitude 0° 57' 35.4" S (-0.95984°)  
Longitude 88° 15' 45.7" E (88.26269°)  
Min. Lat 0° 59' 56.8" S (-0.9991°)  
Min. Long 88° 8' 35.9" E (88.1433°)  
Max. Lat 0° 55' 1.1" S (-0.917°)  
Max. Long 88° 21' 55.9" E (88.3655°)  
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 and irregular shape. Several undersea features in the area have been named after types of Chinese teas. Minimum depth (m): 3677. Maximum depth (m): 4641. Total relief (m): 964. Dimension/size: 24 km x 10 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting(s): SCUFN-37. Proposer: National Marine Data and Information Service (NMDIS), China. History: 2024.     
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Chinese research vessel "Xiang Yang Hong 19". Year of discovery: 2020. History: Queshe is a kind of green tea of China, which is as small as the tongue ofa bird.    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 16081144    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -0.966667; Longitude: 88.266667    
Relation 
Part of  Indian 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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