| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/49828 |
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| English | Cheomseongdae Hill | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Hill(s) |
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| Latitude |
68° 52' 0.9" S (-68.86692°) |
| Longitude |
176° 47' 38.9" E (176.79415°) |
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| Min. Lat |
68° 52' 18" S (-68.8717°) |
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176° 46' 40.8" E (176.778°) |
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| Max. Lat |
68° 51' 36.6" S (-68.8602°) |
| Max. Long |
176° 49' 9" E (176.8192°) |
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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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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-29. Proposer: Korea Committee on Geographical Names (KCGN). Year of proposal: 2016. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Korean research vessel "Araon". Year of discovery: 2014. History: Cheomseongdae is the name of an astronomical observatory in the city of Gyeongju, Republic of Korea, which means "star-gazing tower" in Korean. It is the oldest surviving observatory in the world, dating back to the 7th Century, C.E., at the time of the Kingdom of Silla, with Seorabeol as capital (nowadays: Gyeoungju). Cheomseongdae was designated as a National Treasure in 1962. The shape of the hill is similar to that of the Korean observatory. |
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Additional information (en): This feature has an elliptical shape with steepness up to 25°. Minimum depth (m): 3190. Maximum depth (m): 3400. Total relief (m): 210. Dimension: 1,700m x 900m. |
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Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -68.86692 ; Long: 176.79415 (update 2020-04-22) |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15236922 |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -68.866917; Longitude: 176.794139 |
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Last edited on 2020-05-08 00:45:32 by Lonneville Britt
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