Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64061
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishShugu HillIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Hill(s) 
Latitude 21° 19' 4.3" S (-21.31787°)  
Longitude 76° 40' 40.5" E (76.67791°)  
Min. Lat 21° 20' 34.9" S (-21.343°)  
Min. Long 76° 38' 56.3" E (76.649°)  
Max. Lat 21° 17' 44" S (-21.2956°)  
Max. Long 76° 42' 17.5" E (76.7049°)  
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 oval shape. Several undersea features in this area have been named from different drums, the traditional Chinese musicalinstruments. These are Bangu (plank drum), Zhangu (war drum), Huapengu (flowerpot drum), Langzhanggu (wolfdrum), Shugu (Story-telling drum), Tanggu (Tang drum) and Paigu (group drum). Minimum depth (m): 3506. Maximum depth (m): 4436. Total relief (m): 930. Dimension/size: 8.3 km × 4.8 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 Shugu (Story-telling drum, in Chinese). It is leather-covered on both sides, with a short drum body and sonorous sound. It is suitable for traditional opera performance and drum accompaniment.    
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Part of  Indian Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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