| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63443 |
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Proposed standard  |
| Names |
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| English | Yujo-Friendship Ridge | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
| English | Yūjō-Friendship Ridge | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
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Ridge |
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| Latitude |
23° 47' 2.7" N (23.78409°) |
| Longitude |
144° 57' 16.1" E (144.95448°) |
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| Min. Lat |
23° 8' 0.3" N (23.1334°) |
| Min. Long |
144° 34' 45" E (144.5792°) |
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| Max. Lat |
24° 26' 9" N (24.4358°) |
| Max. Long |
145° 20' 33.7" E (145.3427°) |
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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 |
Additional information (en): This feature has an elongated shape. Minimum depth (m): 4404. Maximum depth (m): 6480. Total relief (m): 2076. Dimension/size: 165 km in length. |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN), and Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF - of the US Board of Geographical Names). History: 2020. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessel "Takuyo". Year of discovery: 1987. History: Named to honor the close relationship and cooperation between Japan and the USA. "Yujo" standing for "Friendship" in Japanese, "Yujo-Friendship" literarlly stands for close friendship between the two countries. This feature lies in an area where the Japanese and US Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) meet. Approximately half of the feature locates in each countries’ EEZ. Both parts were mapped under national continental shelf survey programs. |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15034647 |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 23.75; Longitude: 145 |
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Last edited on 2021-09-02 22:35:14 by Lonneville Britt
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