| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/65686 |
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| English | Tangkwa Moko Ridge | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Ridge |
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| Latitude |
1° 29' 26.6" S (-1.49072°) |
| Longitude |
140° 18' 30.3" E (140.30841°) |
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1° 35' 11.8" S (-1.5866°) |
| Min. Long |
139° 58' 7.9" E (139.9689°) |
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| Max. Lat |
1° 19' 54.6" S (-1.3318°) |
| Max. Long |
140° 38' 2.1" E (140.6339°) |
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IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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| Notes |
Additional information (en): This feature has an elongated and irregular shape. Minimum depth (m): 2607. Maximum depth (m): 3528. Total relief (m): 921. Dimension/size: 73 km x 16 km. |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting(s): SCUFN-37. Proposer: Badan Informasi Geospasial (BIG), Indonesia. History: 2024. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Indonesian research vessel "Baruna Jaya I". Year of discovery: 2019. History: "Tangkwa Moko" is a Papuan language term formed of two words: "tangkwa" meaning 'shoulder' and "moko" meaning 'mountain'. Indigenous people believe the feature resembles the shoulder of the mountain where their ancestors stood. |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 16081161 |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -1.49472; Longitude: 140.34637 |
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Last edited on 2025-09-29 15:33:29 by Lonneville Britt
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