| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6299 |
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Proposed standard  |
| Names |
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| English | Challenger Deep | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
| English | Challenger Depth | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
| English | Gl’ubina Chelendzher | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
| Russian | Гльубина Челенджер | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
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Deep |
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| Latitude |
11° 22' 24" N (11.373333°) |
| Longitude |
142° 35' 30" E (142.591667°) |
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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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(en): Corrected latitude/longitude (GEBCO October 2002 error: 11°20'0"N/142°15'0"E)
Updated with GEBCO May 2014. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: British research vessel HMS "Challenger" (the fifth). Year of discovery: 1873. History: This feature, near the SW end of the Marianas Trench, is the greatest depth in the world oceans. It was named formally by the British HMS "Challenger" (the |
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Additional information (en): Over the years, the search for the point of maximum depth has involved many vessels. The first definitive depth for that world maximum locality, 10,915 ± 10 m, was determined by Dr. R. L. Fisher aboard the U.S. Research Vessel "Stranger" (SIO) in 1959. Si |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 11.333333; Longitude: 142.2 |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -152909 |
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Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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