Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7408
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishArafura SeachannelIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishArafura ChannelUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Seachannel 
Latitude 9° 39' 30" S (-9.658333°)  
Longitude 135° 23' 30" E (135.391667°)  
Min. Lat 10° 14' 0" S (-10.2333°)  
Min. Long 134° 23' 0" E (134.3833°)  
Max. Lat 9° 5' 0" S (-9.0833°)  
Max. Long 136° 24' 0" E (136.4°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-11. Proposer: Muriel S. Grim, U.S. Geological Survey. Year of proposal: 1995.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named from the Arafura Sea where this feature is located.    
Additional information (en): Arafura Seachannel is the most prominent feature on the Arafura Shelf and is a seafloor feature of the Arafura Sea. Shown as Arafura Channel in the ACUF Gazetteer.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -9.666667; Longitude: 135.4    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 45461    
Relations 
Part of  South China and Eastern Archipelagic Seas (General Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Partly part of  Australian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)  [view hierarchy]   
Partly part of  Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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