Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/25090
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishUsan RidgeIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Ridge 
Latitude 37° 59' 37.6" N (37.99377743°)  
Longitude 131° 33' 5.8" E (131.5516097°)  
Min. Lat 37° 51' 53" N (37.8647°)  
Min. Long 130° 56' 44" E (130.9456°)  
Max. Lat 38° 9' 41" N (38.1614°)  
Max. Long 132° 8' 53" E (132.1481°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 37.98; Long: 131.49; minLat: 37.86; minLong: 130.95; maxLat: 38.16; maxLong: 132.15    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-21. Proposer: Korea Committee on Marine Geographical Names (KCMGN). Year of proposal: 2008.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Korean research vessel "Haeyang 2000". Year of discovery: 1996. History: Usan is the ancient name of the nearby Ulleung Do (Ulleung Island, Republic of Korea), prior to the 5th Century of the Common Era.    
Additional information (en): This is an elongated feature on the southern part of Ulleung Plateau. It lies East-West, with a summit of irregular topographic relief. Minimum depth (m): 554. Maximum depth (m): 1800. Total relief (m): 1246.    
Relations 
Part of  Japan Sea/East Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Partly part of  South Korean Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)  [view hierarchy]   
Partly part of  Overlapping claim Liancourt Rocks: Japan / South Korea (Overlapping claim)  [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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