Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/49806
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishWanwu RidgeIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Ridge 
Latitude 9° 27' 17.7" N (9.45493°)  
Longitude 58° 20' 6.7" E (58.3352°)  
Min. Lat 9° 17' 30.1" N (9.2917°)  
Min. Long 58° 13' 0.1" E (58.2167°)  
Max. Lat 9° 35' 48.1" N (9.5967°)  
Max. Long 58° 28' 12" E (58.47°)  
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-29. Proposer: China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association (COMRA). Year of proposal: 2016.     
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Chinese survey vessel "Li Siguang Hao". Year of discovery: 2012. History: The term "Wanwu" comes from a poem known as "Nuo" in the Shijing·Shangsong, a collection of ancient Chinese Poems from 11th to 6th century B.C. In Chinese, "Wanwu" means grand performance with bells and drums rising together.    
Additional information (en): This feature is a kind of block mountain with an elongated shape. Minimum depth (m): 1300. Maximum depth (m): 3500. Total relief (m): 2200. Dimension: 44 km x 13 km.    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 9.45493 ; Long: 58.3352 (update 2020-04-22)    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15237344    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 9.454917; Longitude: 58.335194    
Relation 
Part of  Arabian Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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