Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33504
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishInuwashi Fracture ZoneIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Fracture Zone 
Latitude 17° 33' 59.1" N (17.56642813°)  
Longitude 139° 4' 55.7" E (139.0821254°)  
Min. Lat 16° 30' 47.9" N (16.5133°)  
Min. Long 138° 24' 6.1" E (138.4017°)  
Max. Lat 18° 42' 42.1" N (18.7117°)  
Max. Long 139° 33' 47.9" E (139.5633°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Coordinates calculated from feature    
(en): Updated coordinates (GEBCO May 2014) - Previous values: [Min. Lat: 16.81333°]    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 17.6125; Long: 138.9825; minLat: 16.5133; minLong: 138.4017; maxLat: 18.7117; maxLong: 139.5633    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-25. Proposer: Yasuhiko Ohara, Japan Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department (JHOD). Year of proposal: 2012.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessels "Takuyo" and "Shoyo". Year of discovery: 1993. History: Inuwashi is the Japanese for golden eagle. A bird is relevant to the name of the nearby Oki-no-Tori Shima Island, which includes a "bird" (= "tori") within its nam    
Additional information (en): Reference: Ohara et al., 2011, Tectonics of unusual crustal accretion in the Parece Vela Basin, in Y. Ogawa et al. (eds), Accretionary prisms and convergent margin tectonics in the Northwest Pacific Basin, Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences, 8, Spr    
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Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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