| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/24984 |
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Proposed standard  |
| Names |
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Name source |
| English | Minami-Okinawa Escarpment | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
| English | Minami Okinawa Escarpment | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
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Escarpment |
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| Latitude |
22° 30' 2.4" N (22.5006782°) |
| Longitude |
129° 25' 16.2" E (129.4211603°) |
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| Min. Lat |
21° 0' 0" N (21°) |
| Min. Long |
129° 0' 0" E (129°) |
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| Max. Lat |
24° 0' 0" N (24°) |
| Max. Long |
129° 50' 0" E (129.8333°) |
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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 |
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 22.5; Long: 129.42; minLat: 21; minLong: 129; maxLat: 24; maxLong: 129.83 |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-20. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). Year of proposal: 2007. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessels "Takuyo" and "Shoyo". Year of discovery: 1997. History: Named from the nearby Okinawa Island, Japan ("Minami" means "south" in Japanese). |
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Additional information (en): This escarpment is an elongated, curved, steep, west-dipping feature, defining the western boarder of the Oki-Daito Rise. Minimum depth (m): 5000. Maximum depth (m): 6200. Total relief (m): 1200. |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 22.499923; Longitude: 129.416781 |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 10280256 |
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Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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