Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63992
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishGanhu HillIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Hill(s) 
Latitude 10° 3' 25.9" N (10.0572°)  
Longitude 153° 31' 38.2" W (-153.52728°)  
Min. Lat 10° 1' 36" N (10.0267°)  
Min. Long 153° 33' 48" W (-153.5633°)  
Max. Lat 10° 5' 18" N (10.0883°)  
Max. Long 153° 29' 30" W (-153.4917°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Additional information (en): The Chinese poem "Minor Odes of the Kingdom" of “The Book of Songs” says: "There are trees in the south, with curved drooping branches, and the Ganhu clings to them." Minimum depth (m): 4300. Maximum depth (m): 5000. Total relief (m): 700. Dimension/size: 4.6 km × 8.2 km.     
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-31. Proposer: China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association (COMRA). History: 2020.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Chinese research vessel "Xiang Yang Hong 3". Year of discovery: 2017. History: Named from its shape as this feature looks like an annual climbing herb called "Ganhu", a variant of the gourd.    
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Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2022-07-29 15:10:08 by Lonneville Britt
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