| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/49829 |
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Proposed standard  |
| Name |
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Name source |
| English | Weipi Knoll | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Knoll(s) |
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| Latitude |
10° 20' 7.4" N (10.33539°) |
| Longitude |
153° 51' 37.2" W (-153.86034°) |
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| Min. Lat |
10° 16' 36" N (10.2767°) |
| Min. Long |
153° 54' 6" W (-153.9017°) |
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| Max. Lat |
10° 23' 48" N (10.3967°) |
| Max. Long |
153° 49' 18" W (-153.8217°) |
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| Source |
IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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| 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. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Chinese research vessel "Dayang Yihao". Year of discovery: 1995. History: The term "Weipi" comes from a poem known as "Sigan" in the Shijing·Xiaoya, a collection of ancient Chinese poems from 11th to 6th centuries B.C. "Pi" is a kind of animal like a bear. Ancient Chinese people believed that dreaming about the Pi was a good omen. |
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Additional information (en): This feature has an elliptical shape, extending SN. Minimum depth (m): 4685. Maximum depth (m): 5259. Total relief (m): 574. Dimension: 13 km x 8 km. |
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Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 10.33539 ; Long: -153.86034 (update 2020-04-22) |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15237419 |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 10.335389; Longitude: -153.860333 |
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Last edited on 2020-05-08 00:45:32 by Lonneville Britt
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