| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63481 |
| Status |
Proposed standard  |
| Name |
| Language |
Name |
Name source |
| English | Morka Valley | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
|
| PlaceType |
Valley |
|
|
| Latitude |
64° 20' 25.8" S (-64.3405°) |
| Longitude |
118° 38' 16.7" E (118.63796°) |
|
|
| Min. Lat |
64° 52' 41.4" S (-64.8782°) |
| Min. Long |
117° 41' 35.1" E (117.6931°) |
|
|
| Max. Lat |
63° 51' 54.1" S (-63.865°) |
| Max. Long |
119° 46' 39.9" E (119.7777°) |
|
|
| Source |
IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
|
|
| Notes |
Additional information (en): Submarine valley not directly connected to the continental shelf edge. Minimum depth (m): 2934. Maximum depth (m): 3593. Total relief (m): 659. Dimension/size: 45 km wide and 136 km long.. |
|
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-33. Proposer: Ph.E. O’Brien, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia; and L. Armand, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. History: 2018. |
|
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Australian research vessel "Investigator". Year of discovery: 2017. History: Morka means winter in the language of the Noongar people who are the indigenous people of the part of Australia that was adjacent to the Sabrina Coast before continental break up and drift. The valley is thought to only receive currents and sediment from the continent during ice ages. |
|
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15036078 |
|
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -64.340497; Longitude: 118.637953 |
|
|
| Relation |
|
| Map |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Edit history |
Last edited on 2021-09-02 22:35:14 by Lonneville Britt
|
|
|
|
|
|
[Google] [Google scholar] [Google images] |
