Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64065
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishSpica HillIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Hill(s) 
Latitude 0° 12' 26.7" N (0.20741°)  
Longitude 129° 23' 31.2" E (129.39201°)  
Min. Lat 0° 9' 56.7" N (0.1658°)  
Min. Long 129° 21' 37.1" E (129.3603°)  
Max. Lat 0° 14' 52.4" N (0.2479°)  
Max. Long 129° 25' 39.4" E (129.4276°)  
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 and a steepness of 9 %. The vessel "KRI Spica 934" has also been involved in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. Minimum depth (m): 465. Maximum depth (m): 826. Total relief (m): 361. Dimension/size: 47 km².     
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-35.1. Proposer: Hydrography and Oceanography Centre, Indonesia Navy (Pushidrosal). History: 2021.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Indonesian Navy survey vessel "KRI Spica 934". Year of discovery: 2021. History: Named from the Indonesian Navy research and survey vessel "KRI Spica 934" that carried out surveys in 2021 in the Halmahera Sea (Jala Citra I / Aurora expedition), where this feature is located. Spica is the brightest star in the Virgo constellation.    
Relation 
Part of  Halmahera 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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