| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64276 |
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| English | Backbone Rise | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Rise |
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| Latitude |
16° 12' 2.5" N (16.2007°) |
| Longitude |
139° 23' 9.5" E (139.38598°) |
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15° 58' 53.9" N (15.9816°) |
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139° 16' 19.8" E (139.2722°) |
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| Max. Lat |
16° 23' 32.9" N (16.3925°) |
| Max. Long |
139° 29' 33" E (139.4925°) |
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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 shape. Minimum depth (m): 3678. Maximum depth (m): 5206. Total relief (m): 1528. Dimension/size: 10 km × 50 km. |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34.2. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). History: 2020. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessel "Takuyo". Year of discovery: 1995. History: The Godzilla Megamullion science team gave 14 names for the individualtopographic elements of the Godzilla Megamullion, such as "West ArmRidge", imitating the body parts of Godzilla from its back. Since thisfeature is in the middle of northern part, i.e., the middle of upper part, of the Godzilla Megamullion, the science team gave it the name "Backbone Rise". |
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Last edited on 2023-07-26 16:22:28 by Lonneville Britt
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