| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63125 |
| Status |
Proposed standard  |
| Name |
| Language |
Name |
Name source |
| English | Biyu Canyons | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
|
| PlaceType |
Canyon(s) |
|
|
| Latitude |
61° 18' 37" S (-61.31028°) |
| Longitude |
58° 5' 53.7" W (-58.09824°) |
|
|
| Min. Lat |
61° 29' 57.2" S (-61.4992°) |
| Min. Long |
58° 41' 54" W (-58.6983°) |
|
|
| Max. Lat |
61° 6' 57.3" S (-61.1159°) |
| Max. Long |
57° 32' 0.7" W (-57.5335°) |
|
|
| Source |
IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
|
|
| Notes |
Additional information (en): "This feature is located N of King George Island |
|
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): with its N part extending to the South Shetland Trough. It consists of seven canyons and slopes from S to N. Minimum depth (m): 667. Maximum depth (m): 3900. Total relief (m): 3233. Dimension/size: 6 |
|
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-32. Proposer: China Geological Survey. History: 2019.,"Discoverer: Chinese research vessel ""Haiyang 6"". Year of discovery: 2017. History: Named from the nearby Biyu Beach, close to the Antarctic Great Wall Station, a scientific station established by China. The beach was named by the Chinese Antarctic Research Team in 1986 and has been accepted by SCAR. ""Biyu"" means ""Jade"" in Chinese, a kind of precious stone." |
|
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14961874 |
|
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -61.310283; Longitude: -58.098239 |
|
|
| Relation |
|
| Map |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Edit history |
Last edited on 2020-07-06 17:20:04 by Lonneville Britt
|
|
|
|
|
|
[Google] [Google scholar] [Google images] |
