Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63974
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishBangu KnollIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Knoll(s) 
Latitude 22° 1' 30.5" S (-22.02514°)  
Longitude 76° 20' 19.9" E (76.33887°)  
Min. Lat 22° 2' 36.2" S (-22.0434°)  
Min. Long 76° 18' 45" E (76.3125°)  
Max. Lat 22° 0' 19.1" S (-22.0053°)  
Max. Long 76° 21' 42.8" E (76.3619°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Additional information (en): Several undersea features in this area have been named from different drums, the traditional Chinese musical instruments. These are Bangu (plank drum), Zhangu (war drum), Huapengu (flowerpot drum), Langzhanggu (wolf drum), Shugu (Story-telling drum), Tanggu (Tang drum) and Paigu (group drum). Minimum depth (m): 3596. Maximum depth (m): 4231. Total relief (m): 635. Dimension/size: 5.5 km × 4.6 km.     
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34.3. Proposer: China Navy Hydrographic Office. History: 2021.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Chinese research vessel “Chen Jingrun Hao”. Year of discovery: 2019. History: Named from its shape as this feature ressembles a Bangu (Plank Drum, in Chinese), a small singlesided drum, suspended on a wooden frame in performance. It often plays a conducting or leading role in accompaniment or ensemble.    
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Part of  Indian Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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