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http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64073 |
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| English | Urdaneta Hill | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Hill(s) |
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| Latitude |
38° 29' 32.4" N (38.49233°) |
| Longitude |
168° 20' 18.1" W (-168.33837°) |
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38° 28' 57.9" N (38.4827°) |
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168° 21' 1.4" W (-168.3504°) |
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38° 30' 12.1" N (38.5034°) |
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168° 19' 36.7" W (-168.3269°) |
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IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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Additional information (en): This feature has a nearly oval shape. The sea route Urdaneta discovered made it practical for Spain to colonize the Philippines and was used as the Manila galleon trade route for more than two hundred years. Minimum depth (m): 5050. Maximum depth (m): 5550. Total relief (m): 500. Dimension/size: 3.0 km x 2.5 km. |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34.2. Proposer: Caladan Oceanic LLC, Texas, USA. History: 2020. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Research vessel DSSV Pressure Drop. Year of discovery: 2020. History: Named after Andrés de Urdaneta (1508-1568), a Spanish maritime explorer of the Pacific in the 1500s for Spain. He discovered and plotted an easterly route across the Pacific Ocean, from the Philippines to Acapulco in the Viceroyalty of New Spain. |
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Last edited on 2022-07-29 15:10:08 by Lonneville Britt
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