Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63192
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishWenpi KnollIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishWenpi HillUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Knoll(s) 
Latitude 10° 39' 52.8" N (10.66466°)  
Longitude 155° 18' 41.3" W (-155.31147°)  
Min. Lat 10° 38' 41.5" N (10.6449°)  
Min. Long 155° 20' 0.4" W (-155.3335°)  
Max. Lat 10° 41' 4.1" N (10.6845°)  
Max. Long 155° 17' 19.6" W (-155.2888°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Additional information (en): This feature has a round shape. Minimum depth (m): 4564. Maximum depth (m): 5058. Total relief (m): 494. Dimension/size: 5 km × 4 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-32. Proposer: China Minmetals Corporation. History: 2019.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): "Discoverer: Chinese research vessel ""Xiang Yang Hong 6"". Year of discovery: 2017. History: Named from its shape as this feature looks like a kettle, ""wenpi"" in Chinese, carried by ancient Chinese soldiers. It could be filled with water or alcohol."    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14962058    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 10.673297; Longitude: -155.316697    
Relation 
Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2020-07-06 17:20:04 by Lonneville Britt
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