| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7899 |
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Proposed standard  |
| Names |
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Name source |
| English | West Melanesian Trench | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
| English | Manus Trench | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
| English | Manus Trough | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
| English | Sillon Ouest-Mélanésien | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
| Russian | Zapadno-Melaneziyskiy Zhelob | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
| Russian | Западно-Меланезийский Желоб | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
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| PlaceType |
Trench |
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| Latitude |
0° 14' 2.2" S (-0.23395233°) |
| Longitude |
146° 54' 29.5" E (146.9081862°) |
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| Min. Lat |
1° 30' 0" S (-1.5°) |
| Min. Long |
142° 5' 0" E (142.0833°) |
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| Max. Lat |
0° 11' 39.7" S (-0.1944°) |
| Max. Long |
151° 30' 0" E (151.5°) |
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| Source |
IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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| Notes |
(en): Updated coordinates (GEBCO May 2014) -
Previous values (GEBCO October 2002):
[Max. Lat: -1.5°] |
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Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -0.5; Long: 143; minLat: -1.5; minLong: 142.0833333; maxLat: -0.194351; maxLong: 151.5 |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Proposer: V. F. Kanaev, Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IO RAS). Year of proposal: 1957. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Russian research vessel "Vityaz". Year of discovery: 1957. History: Named from its geographical position, north of the west Melanesian area of the South Pacific. |
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Additional information (en): Wrongly shown as "Manus Trench" on GEBCO 5.10. |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -1; Longitude: 150 |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -156076 |
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Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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