Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64007
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishHagakhak RidgeIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Ridge 
Latitude 18° 31' 4.5" N (18.51793°)  
Longitude 125° 38' 58.3" E (125.64952°)  
Min. Lat 18° 27' 45.2" N (18.4626°)  
Min. Long 125° 23' 38" E (125.3939°)  
Max. Lat 18° 35' 14.4" N (18.5873°)  
Max. Long 125° 50' 26.3" E (125.8407°)  
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. Minimum depth (m): 3754. Maximum depth (m): 5166. Total relief (m): 1412. Dimension/size: 47 km x 14 km.     
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34.3. Proposer: National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA), Philippines. History: 2021.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Philippines survey vessel "Hydrographer Presbitero". Year of discovery: 2008. History: Named from the Hagakhak tree (Dipterocarpus validus Blume). It is native to the Philippines and plays an important role in wildlife conservation, as wild pigs, wild deer, and even bees benefit from its fruits and flowers. Its hard and heavy timber is used inconstruction and furniture-making. It also yields wood oil that has manypractical and medicinal uses. Hagakhak is also a Tagalog word which means “unrestrained loud laughter”.    
Relation 
Part of  Philippine Sea (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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