Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63455
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishFriendship RidgeIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Ridge 
Latitude 24° 2' 59.8" N (24.04994°)  
Longitude 145° 10' 38.6" E (145.17739°)  
Min. Lat 23° 58' 19.9" N (23.9722°)  
Min. Long 144° 54' 1.8" E (144.9005°)  
Max. Lat 24° 7' 22.4" N (24.1229°)  
Max. Long 145° 28' 45" E (145.4792°)  
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 an elongated shape. It is located on the northern flank of the Yujo-Friendship Ridge (within the Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone). Minimum depth (m): 3342. Maximum depth (m): 5741. Total relief (m): 2399. Dimension/size: 64 km × 17 km.    
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.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessel "Takuyo". Year of discovery: 1987. History: Named in association with the nearby Yujo-Friendship Ridge. "Yujo" stands for "Friend", in Japanese.    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15034613    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 24.05; Longitude: 145.166667    
Relation 
Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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