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MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7407
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishKerama CanyonIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishKerama CanyonsUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
JapaneseKerama-kaiteikokugunUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
JapaneseけらまかいていこくぐんUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
Japanese慶良間海底谷群US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Canyon(s) 
Latitude 25° 41' 31.5" N (25.6920878°)  
Longitude 127° 14' 58.5" E (127.24958593°)  
Min. Lat 25° 33' 0" N (25.55°)  
Min. Long 126° 54' 0" E (126.9°)  
Max. Lat 25° 50' 0" N (25.8333°)  
Max. Long 127° 36' 0" E (127.6°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes 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: Named from the nearby island of Kerama, Japan.    
Additional information (en): Taken from Japanese Bathymetric Chart No. 6315.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 25.733333; Longitude: 126.7    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 9250023    
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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