Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64512
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishHuangmei RidgeIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Ridge 
Latitude 73° 54' 43.6" S (-73.91212°)  
Longitude 139° 54' 31.3" W (-139.90869°)  
Min. Lat 74° 7' 34" S (-74.1261°)  
Min. Long 140° 21' 16.3" W (-140.3545°)  
Max. Lat 73° 45' 43.7" S (-73.7621°)  
Max. Long 139° 33' 8.5" W (-139.5524°)  
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. During a China Antarctic Expedition, several undersea features were discovered in the Amundsen Sea. Minimum depth (m): 1772. Maximum depth (m): 3520. Total relief (m): 1748. Dimension/size: 43 km x 16 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-36. Proposer: National Marine Data and Information Service (NMDIS), China. History: 2022.     
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Chinese Survey Vessel “Xuelong”. Year of discovery: 2022. History: Named from the yellow browed penguin, "Huangmei" in Chinese ("huang" means "yellow"), which is widely distributed in this area. The feature shaped curve,resembles the eyebrow of this penguin,    
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Part of  Southern Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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