Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64468
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishAlagau HillIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Hill(s) 
Latitude 16° 43' 38.7" N (16.72741°)  
Longitude 123° 37' 39.7" E (123.62769°)  
Min. Lat 16° 39' 28.5" N (16.6579°)  
Min. Long 123° 32' 11" E (123.5364°)  
Max. Lat 16° 47' 9" N (16.7858°)  
Max. Long 123° 44' 3.8" E (123.7344°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Additional information (en): This feature is heart-shaped. Minimum depth (m): 2624. Maximum depth (m): 3818. Total relief (m): 1194. Dimension/size: 21 km x 14 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-36. Proposer: National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA), Philippines. History: 2022.     
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Philippines survey vessel "Hydrographer Presbitero". Year of discovery: 2010. History: Named from the Alagau, a forest tree with medicinal uses that is endemic to the Philippines. It is commonly found in thickets and secondary forests at low altitudes; sometimes purposely planted around dwellings in most provinces, from Luzon to Mindanao. Decoction of its leaves and flowers is effective for cough, fever, abdominal pain, vaginalirritation, and urination problems    
Relation 
Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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