Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/25081
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishToyama SeachannelIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishToyama ChannelUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishToyama Deep Sea ChannelUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Seachannel 
Latitude 39° 2' 32.3" N (39.04230681°)  
Longitude 137° 17' 56.5" E (137.2990357°)  
Min. Lat 37° 15' 0" N (37.25°)  
Min. Long 137° 0' 0" E (137°)  
Max. Lat 40° 50' 0" N (40.8333°)  
Max. Long 137° 35' 0" E (137.5833°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 39.04; Long: 137.29; minLat: 37.25; minLong: 137; maxLat: 40.83; maxLong: 137.58    
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.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessel "Meiyo". Year of discovery: 1998. History: Named from the nearby city of Toyama, on the central west coast of Honshu Island, Japan.    
Additional information (en): This seachannel is a prominent bathymetric feature that extends from Toyama Bay for 750 km through Toyama Trough to Yamato Basin and Japan Basin. It is fed with sediment from the 3000 m high Japan Alps. The gradient of the seachannel changes at 38°40'N wh    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 38.5; Longitude: 137.75    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -155831    
Relations 
Part of  Japan Sea/East Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)  [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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