Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/48881
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishSiwen RidgeIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Ridge 
Latitude 28° 30' 29.9" S (-28.5083°)  
Longitude 62° 29' 42" E (62.495°)  
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-27. Proposer: Zhanhai Zhang, Sub Committee on Undersea Feature Names of China Committee on Geographical Names. Year of proposal: 2014.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Chinese research vessel "Dayang Yihao". Year of discovery: 2012. History: Siwen comes from a poem in "Shi Jing Zhou Song" (an ancient book of poems), which says: "Oh, virtuous Houji; You're great as God". "Hou Ji" is the father of people in Zh    
Additional information (en): This feature is located in the middle of southeast Indian Ocean. It extends from northeast to southwest. Its peak and the hillside are steep. Minimum depth (m): 2700. Maximum depth (m): 4750. Total relief (m): 2050. Dimension: 13 km × 49 km.    
Relation 
Part of  Indian Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2016-04-23 14:57:37 by Oset Garcia Paula
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