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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7404
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishSofu BasinIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishSōfu TroughUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishSōhu TroughUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Basin 
Latitude 29° 2' 21.5" N (29.03930428°)  
Longitude 139° 12' 13.1" E (139.20364059°)  
Min. Lat 28° 15' 0" N (28.25°)  
Min. Long 139° 5' 0" E (139.0833°)  
Max. Lat 29° 50' 0" N (29.8333°)  
Max. Long 139° 17' 0" E (139.2833°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Updated coordinates (GEBCO May 2014) - Previous values (GEBCO October 2002): [Max. Lat: 28.6667°] ; [Max. Long: 139.1667°]    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-14. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). Year of proposal: 2000.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Sofu means "widow" in Japanese.    
Additional information (en): The borders of this depression are irregular in shape and depth. Taken from Japanese Bathymetric Chart No. 6725. Shown as Sôfu Trough in the ACUF Gazetteer. Minimum depth (m): 2800. Maximum depth (m): 3300. Total relief (m): 500.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 28.65; Longitude: 139.15    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 382670    
Relations 
Part of  Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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