Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63086
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishHechi KnollsIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishHechi HillsUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Knoll(s) 
Latitude 10° 53' 40.1" N (10.89447°)  
Longitude 139° 14' 29" W (-139.2414°)  
Min. Lat 10° 51' 42" N (10.8617°)  
Min. Long 139° 15' 42" W (-139.2617°)  
Max. Lat 10° 55' 30" N (10.925°)  
Max. Long 139° 13' 30" W (-139.225°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Additional information (en): "The shape of this feature looks like two connected circles. Several undersea features in this area have been named after seabirds of the family Hydrobatidae    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): which are common in this part of the Pacific Ocean. Minimum depth (m): 4550. Maximum depth (m): 4900. Total relief (m): 350. Dimension/size: 7 km × 4 km."    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-32. Proposer: China Minmetals Corporation. History: 2019.,"Discoverer: Chinese research vessel ""Xiang Yang Hong 6"". Year of discovery: 2017. History: Named from the brown-winged-tailed sea swallow, ""Hechi"" in Chinese, a typical oceanic seabird of the genus Hymenoptera, which is found in this region."    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14961986    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 10.886697; Longitude: -139.2417    
Relation 
Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Map
Edit history Last edited on 2020-07-06 17:20:04 by Lonneville Britt
[Google] [Google scholar] [Google images]